Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Yingluo knew that her ancestral home was in Shaji, Liaodong, where the Fucha family originated. She was originally a peasant from the Han army. She used to be a wet nurse in Beijing, and later gave birth to a young son. She was born well and blessed, so she was chosen by the nostalgic old lady as Fu Kang'an's wet nurse. Fu Kang'an said she was seven years old, but she was actually only six years old.This wet nurse has been in Fucha's family for so many years, and her husband has earned a good family background. She is only in her 30s now, and she doesn't want her son to die two years ago. Unexpectedly, her husband died on the battlefield again, and she feels sad for her.

Then he gave her careful instructions on some things in the palace, asking her to be careful and not to talk too much, but she must take good care of Fu Kang'an so that she and Fu Heng can rest assured.The nurse was relieved after hearing this, and admired Yingluo's thoughtfulness, but was also surprised that Yingluo was so familiar with the palace without knowing her background.Yingluo knew what she was thinking, and said: When I was young, I lived in the palace for a while, and I still remember it vividly.The nurse knew that Fu Heng's stepmother must also be from a wealthy Manchurian family, and she no longer doubted him, and felt very close to this lady, and said: "Ma'am, you are much more merciful than the original young lady."

Yingluo asked intentionally, "Is she treating you badly?"The wet nurse said: "She is nice to her servants, but she can't stand Qinglian even her servants."So I talked about some old things about Fucha Mansion.Yingluo had heard about it from Fu Heng, but she still couldn't help feeling angry.Seeing the expression on her face, the wet nurse was afraid that she would get angry and that she would be blamed by Fu Heng and the old lady, so she said, "Ma'am, it's all bad for slaves. You must be careful when you say these old millets are rotten sesame seeds." take care.

Yingluo saw that she seemed to know something, and she had no one to talk to, except Fu Hengzhu, who had never talked to anyone else about the child, so she smiled and said: Well, I was not feeling well just now, but I got better after vomiting.Only then did the wet nurse understand why she left in a hurry without saying a word, and thought that she was completely wrong, so she said in a low voice: "Your Majesty looks like she is pregnant, but it's not easy to ask."Congratulations madam, master, how is he treating you?I thought: This lady is still young and doesn't understand men. A gentle man like the young master is also very cruel to women, not to mention that the Fucha family is powerful and powerful. He doesn't have what kind of woman he wants. The emperor's official, married to such a man, no matter how powerful a woman is, always suffers.The former young lady was also a high-ranking official in her family, but she couldn't tell her hardships, but she just guarded the gold and silver mountains and the empty house.Such a good person as the old lady, how gentle and kind, but after the young lady died, she never mentioned her again, as if the Fucha family never had a daughter-in-law and only loved their grandson.

Yingluo looked at her in amazement, and it took a while to realize that Fu Heng had treated Erqing badly before, that's why she asked this question, and it was inconvenient to say more, so she said: Yes.Seeing that she didn't say anything, the wet nurse knew: It's hard to know how long it will take for this lady to marry her son into Fucha's house... Then she said sincerely: "Madam, this servant sees you as a good person, a good person must be blessed, I think you will be a man in one fell swoop.Yingluo was sweet in her heart, and said a little coyly: But I like my daughter, and adults like daughters too.The wet nurse shook her head and said, "Ma'am, this servant sees you as a man who has many children. Sir, you are a young master. The old lady is happy. You will not be too late to raise a daughter."

Yingluo knew that she was talking nicely, so she shook her head and said, "I'm weak, I'm afraid I can't support that much.The wet nurse said: "The maidservant's mother is about the same size as the madam. She is also thin and thin, but she is not as airy as the maidservant, but she gave birth to four older brothers and maidservants, and took care of all of them. The maidservant is the youngest, but she can Eat and sleep without getting sick.Later, the slaves heard people say that whether they can bear children has nothing to do with being weak. The young lady who looked plump and had been with the adults for so many years was only the young master. Madam really don't worry.If the body is weak, you must be careful when raising the fetus. When the confinement is finished, the body will be fine. This is the case with the slave girl's mother, and the slave girl's family is poor, how can it have anything to do with what the mansion wants? Compare.

Yingluo rejoiced and comforted her heart, and said, "It was because the young master didn't come home before, right?"The nurse looked around, and then said in a low voice: You don't know, the young master doesn't get along with the young lady from before, and occasionally he often sleeps in the study when he goes home.Everyone in the house said...suddenly stopped.

Yingluo thought to herself: There are such rumors in the Fucha Mansion, this matter is no small matter.So he said slowly: "What is the mansion talking about?"The nurse flinched under her bright eyes, murmured for a long time, and said: "You said the young master is not the young master's child, but you say the young master is... the fourth master's child."Yingluo's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "Which fourth master?"The nurse said: "It's Fu Qian's fourth young master."Yingluo breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: Nonsense.

The wet nurse said: You don't know, the young master is almost never at home, and he is out fighting all the year round, the fourth young master often stays with the young lady, the relationship between the two of them is very good.Then he lowered his voice again and said: "One time, the young master fell from the rockery and his face was covered with blood. The servant girl was very anxious, so she hurried to find the young lady and walked under the window of the young lady. He heard... ....Suddenly blushed, no more words.Yingluo was furious in her heart, she didn't expect Erqing to show up like this, this lewd | mean and restless woman!But suppressing his anger, he said slowly: Have you told others?The wet nurse hurriedly said: "No, it's a big deal for the maidservant to know about this. The young master went to fight and is not at home, but if the old lady finds out, the young lady will be finished. The servant girl is afraid that the young master will suffer without his mother, so no one said anything." Pass.

Yingluo said: You only met once... The nanny said in a low voice: The night is long and bitter, Madam, you are still young... Yingluo understood it all in her heart. On the [-]th day of the new year, Fu Heng said that it was Erqing who completely planned the emperor's affairs. I haven't fully believed it yet, but I didn't expect it to be true. She has a dignified appearance, a gentle and virtuous wife, but she is actually such a person in her bones, and she is cheap by a thousand cuts!It's just a pity for the first empress.

She looked at the nurse and said slowly: You must not tell anyone in the future, the young master is a child of adults.The wet nurse hurriedly knelt down and said, "Yes, the maidservant remembers what Madam said.Yingluo didn't speak.The nurse thought about it, understood what she meant, and immediately swore a poisonous oath.Yingluo said calmly: Get up, you have to know, I am doing this for your own good, for the good of the young master, and for the Fucha family.The nurse was terrified, and said: "Yes, the servant understands."

Yingluo sighed, and said, "My lord..." The wet nurse hurriedly said, "Ma'am, there are a lot of these things in the big family. The maidservant's mother used to work in the big family, so the slave understands."But now the servant girl sees that the wife is a good person, and the servant girl is also happy for the adult.Yingluo said: The fourth young master is married now.The wet nurse said: Yes, the servants will not talk too much about the fourth lady.After the young lady died, the fourth young master guarded her for three years, and he only got married when the young master came back.He is very kind to the young master, but the slaves don't know whether the young master belongs to him or not.Yingluo thought to herself, Fu Kang'an obviously has the emperor's shadow on him, he must be the emperor's son, Er Qing also said that he is the emperor's child, shook her head, and said, "Don't mention this matter again, or you will be in serious trouble."

After half a day, Fukang'an and Yingluo got to know each other, but the wet nurse kept watching over him and didn't let him get too close to Yingluo, for fear that Yingluo might make a mistake.When Fu Heng came back in the evening, Fu Kang'an saw him and called him Ama. He was happy and a little scared. Fu Heng tested some of his homework on reading, and Yingluo looked at the father and son with a smile on the side.The couple had dinner with Fu Kang'an before the wet nurse took him back to Fucha Mansion.After Fu Kang'an left, Yingluo told Fu Heng what she had told her nurse to enter the palace in the afternoon, but did not mention Erqing.Fu Heng then told her that Concubine Rong asked Fifth Prince and Fu Kang'an to go, and the emperor agreed.

She was a little surprised, thought for a while, and said: She is so powerful, with fifth elder brother and An'er, she will no longer be afraid of the queen, and the Fucha family has become her backing.Fu Hengdao: "She doesn't need to rely on us. The emperor treats her very well. He also takes her with him to the Old Summer Palace. She will naturally have her own children."Yingluo said: That's what you say, but she has no foundation with us, and the emperor's favor is unknown for how long, and she has no children yet.She wanted An'er to repay you, young master.Fu Heng said: It should be.The couple were talking, when they suddenly heard Xiao Quanzi whispering outside: "My lord, master, someone came to the palace just now, I don't know what it is."

The couple looked at each other, Fu Heng went out for a while, when Ying Luo came back, seeing his face was heavy, he said in a low voice: Brother Thirteen is gone, the emperor has already rushed back to the palace, saying that he will leave the court tomorrow.Yingluo also felt sad. Thinking about the queen, although she once viciously wanted to put herself to death, she was still the mother of the child. She sighed and said: "If you have a child, you may not be able to support it. Concubine Rong will still do it for you." plan for yourself.

Fu Heng hugged her into his arms and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild, our child must be fine.Then he said that he asked the emperor to supervise the elder brothers, so as to divert her mind.Yingluo smiled and said: Well, Mr. Fu Heng is the crown prince and Taibao, so why not work!Fu Hengdao: In two years, An'er will be able to learn how to ride and shoot, and I will be able to watch him then.He didn't mention the matter of the Lama of the Yellow Sect, and he didn't want Yingluo to recall the scene of the day of the assassination again.

The emperor hurried back to the palace without changing his clothes, so he went to Chengqian Palace.The courtyard of Chengqian Palace was full of maids and eunuchs kneeling, and the whole palace was filled with crying, and Li Yu knelt down to wipe away tears.Yongjing died when he was just over one year old, the emperor was also saddened in his heart, and when he entered the main hall, he saw the queen sitting there blankly, and he didn't even see himself coming.Yuan Chunwang, who was kneeling in front of the empress, immediately stood up and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I have already made arrangements for Brother Thirteen, and I just wait for you and the empress to show me."

The emperor nodded, looked at the queen, and carefully called out: "Shushen."The queen just saw him and shed tears immediately.Yuan Chunwang immediately picked up Zhen'er who was still kneeling on the ground, winked, and the two of them left the room together and closed the door.The emperor approached Nalashi, stood and took her into his arms.Only then did Nala hug him, and burst into tears, crying and saying: Your Majesty, the thirteenth brother is gone, it's because the concubine didn't take good care of him, our child is really gone!

The emperor also had tears in his eyes, and said in a low voice: This is not your fault.Nala sobbed and said: On the night of New Year's Eve, he started to have a fever, and my concubine wanted to celebrate the New Year, and didn't want to disturb the emperor. After two days, the fever subsided, and my concubine was relieved.But for some reason, after the emperor went to the Old Summer Palace, he started to have a fever again... The emperor already knew from the imperial physician that Elder Brother Thirteen was suffering from acne. He didn't want her to talk about it, so he hurriedly said, "Shu Shen, my condolences and obedience."The queen cried for a while, and even fainted from crying.The emperor asked Yuan Chunwang and Zhen'er from outside to come in to wait on him, and he brought Li Yu back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Desheng rushed up to meet him and said: Your Majesty, Concubine Rong refuses to go back to Baoyue Tower and has been waiting for you here.

The emperor was depressed, and just wanted to ask her to go back, but after thinking about it, she also had a kind heart, so she entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Concubine Rong immediately greeted her, the emperor felt dizzy when she saw her, Concubine Rong immediately supported him, Li Yu was also taken aback, and supported the emperor on the other side. Concubine Rong said to Caiyun beside her, "Go and get the things."As they spoke, they helped the emperor into the dormitory of the apse together with Li Yu, and the two of them served the emperor and lay down on the bed, Li Yu was sweating profusely, and immediately went to pass on to the imperial physician, Concubine Rong said: "Wait a minute."

At this time, Caiyun came in with a small colorful box in her hand, and handed it to Concubine Rong, who immediately lifted the lid, picked a little with her little fingernail, and then painted it under the emperor's nose.Li Yu knew that this should be the medicine for Huibu to wake up the mind, and secretly prayed for the emperor to wake up as soon as possible.After a while, the emperor really woke up, Li Yu felt relieved, and said to Concubine Rong, "Your Majesty, take good care of the emperor. This slave will take Miss Caiyun to exchange for the emperor's clothes."As he spoke, he took Caiyun out of the room.

The emperor was in a daze, and it took him a while to remember everything. Seeing himself lying on his bed with Concubine Rong sitting beside him, he wanted to get up.Concubine Rong said: Your Majesty, you can lie down, Shen Bi is guarding you, don't talk to Chen Bi.The emperor let out a long sigh, but still sat up.Concubine Rong saw that his face was mournful, but there were only faint tears in her eyes, she held his hand and said: Your Majesty, please shed your tears, Chen Bi will accompany you, or Shen Bi can go out for a while.

The emperor patted her hand with his other hand and said: No need, I'm fine.Concubine Rong said: How can it be all right?Shen Bi knows that you are feeling very sad, and it will be better if you shed tears.The emperor forced a smile and said: If you are my age... the emperor is 45 years old.Concubine Rong pressed his mouth and said: In Shen Bi's heart, you are the god on our snow mountain, forever young, and someone Shen Bi respects and loves.The emperor seemed to feel less pain in his heart, watching her silent.At this time, the door rang, and Caiyun came in, holding clothes, followed by a few eunuchs, holding washbasins, towels, water cups, tea bowls, etc.

Concubine Rong stood up. Seeing the emperor's clothes stained with tears, she knew that it was the queen's tears. She felt sad and said nothing.The emperor took off his coat, washed his face and rinsed his mouth, and then was served by Concubine Rong, put on the clean clothes, and took a few sips of tea, Caiyun took the dirty clothes and led the eunuchs back out.The emperor slowed down and said: "Go back, you are tired from the car ride back from Yuanmingyuan today."

Concubine Rong said: Let Shen Bi be here with you tonight.The emperor shook his head and said: I want to be alone.Concubine Rong said goodbye and turned around, but suddenly fell to the ground.The emperor was taken aback, and hurriedly went to see her, only to see her pale face, and said: "What's wrong with you?"Concubine Rong looked at her left foot and said in a low voice: I am not used to wearing flower pot bottoms.It was only then that the emperor remembered that when she had fainted just now, she supported herself, probably because of a sprained foot, but she didn't say it until now.

It turned out that when she was in Yuanmingyuan, she started to wear palace attire and flowerpot bottoms. She had only practiced for a few days, and her walking was still unstable. What's more, the emperor fell so hard, she went to help her in a hurry, and naturally sprained her ankle heavily.Seeing her sweating profusely, the emperor knew that she had been enduring the pain just now to take care of himself, so he hurriedly supported her and shouted: Li Yu, Li Yu!It was Desheng who came in, and the emperor didn't have time to ask, so he told him to hurry and invite the imperial physician to show Concubine Rong's feet.

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[Historical origin] Fucha's family background/first glance/ (The following is excerpted from my long commentary by Fu Ying)

Fucha family, 【Manchuria Inlaid Yellow Banner】.There are eight major/old/surnames in Manchuria, namely Guarjia, Niuhulu, Shumulu, Yehenala, Huifanara, Ulanara, Guo Luoluo, and Yiergenjue Roche.In addition, there were two other important tribes before entering the customs, one was the Dong E clan (the true love of Shunzhi was the Dong E clan, and it was inferred from when she entered the palace as a concubine that she should have been married before. wife, more credible), one is the Fucha family, and this is also a relative.The Fucha clan can be traced back to the Pucha clan, one of the thirty surnames commonly used by Jurchen. During the Jin Dynasty, it was the second Jurchen surname and was married to the Wanyan clan.The Manchus are a branch of the Jurchens.Many empresses of the Jin Dynasty, as well as Yun Wang Pucha Shijianu, Taiwei Pucha Dingshou and others all came from this family. At that time and later in the Yuan Dynasty, Li was used as the Han surname.By the Ming Dynasty, the branches of the Fucha family were scattered in various places outside the Guan, and they were attached to them one after another during the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty (the Nurhachi era). In the Qing Dynasty, the Wangjinu family, who lived in Shaji for generations, was the most prominent.

Shaji Fucha originated from the Furha River, and belonged to Jianzhou Youwei in the Ming Dynasty.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Shaji Fucha family moved to Xinbin, Liaoning Province today, and built Shaji City to live in, hence the name Shaji Fucha.The descendants of Nasu Morgan were not prosperous, and the Shaji Fucha family was mainly inherited by the descendants of Tandu.By the fourth generation, the descendants of Tandu were mainly divided into two branches. The long branch was led by Mangsedu Zhuhu, and the second branch was led by Wang Jinu.Mangsedu Zhuhu branch, the eldest son Abayan is the commander of the Jianzhou [right] guard (Nurhachi is a branch of the Jianzhou [left] guard commander's family), intelligent and courageous, well-versed in Manchu, Meng , Han, and Korean languages ​​were highly appreciated by the Ming Dynasty. He once dominated Jianzhou. He proclaimed himself Khan, and his son and several younger brothers (all lords of one party) opposed the Ming one after another. They were the most powerful anti-Ming forces in Jianzhou at that time. All were annihilated by the Ming army, and they were the national heroes of the Manchus. Only the youngest daughter, Gundaiyin, who had married into the Aixinjueluo family at that time, survived the death.

In the 13th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1585), after his ex-husband died of illness, Gundai remarried Nurhachi with his children according to the customs of the Jurchen society at that time, and became the successor of Dafujin/second concubine. The Hu family is very prestigious in Manchuria, and the Mangsedu Zhuhu family has a deep relationship with the Aixinjueluo family (generational marriage). Nurhachi's grandfather and father were killed by the Ming court because of the Abayan family's anti-Ming involvement. He rebelled for a reason, so Gundai's status is very high among Nurhachi's wives.Gundai served Nurhachi for more than [-] years. He gave birth to two sons, Mangguertai and Degelei, and a daughter, Mangguji. He was once favored and trusted by Nurhachi.Later, Nurhaci used the name of "stealing gold and silk" to instigate her crimes, and "forced her to return" (one said that her father and son Mang Gurtai killed her mother to avoid disasters and claim credit).

Her son, Mang Gurtai, was older than Huang Taiji. Many years after her death, he was one of the four major Baylors. Because he offended Huang Taiji, he was sentenced to "the crime of conspiracy" and was murdered.Manggu Jigege is also older than Huang Taiji, with a stubborn personality, and has always been at odds with Huang Taiji.Later, someone reported that Mang Gurtai, Dege Lei, and Mang Guji had sworn grievances and endangered Huang Taiji. The son of Mangurtai was killed again, and the dead Mangurtidege was cut from his clan and title.The coffin of Gundai, who was originally buried with Nurhachi in Fuling, Shengjing (Shenyang), was also forcibly removed, and the standard was reduced to that of ordinary people to choose another place for hasty burial.

Mang Guji's eldest daughter is Yuetuo's wife (Jifujin), the second daughter is Haoge's wife (Difujin), the weak-tempered Haoge (the eldest son of Huang Taiji) is forced to kill his wife to show his loyalty to Huang Taiji, and the straightforward Yuetuo ( Huang Taiji's nephew) also asked his wife to kill his wife (it is said that he did it deliberately to protect his wife), but was stopped by Huang Taiji, but later Yue Tuo was hated by Huang Taiji or separated from his wife and was killed.But Huang Taiji still couldn't let go of his hatred, and then deleted almost all the detailed records about the background of Gundai and her family and the Aixinjueluo family's marriage background in the Qing palace archives, so Mangsedu Zhuhu was completely annihilated. in history.In the political struggle, the Manchu royal family not only killed their brothers and brothers, but also killed their mothers, wives and sisters at every turn.Mang Guji was the only princess who was killed in the political struggle in the Qing Dynasty. Huang Taiji's accession to the throne began by forcing his mother (Nurhachi Concubine Abahai, not his biological mother) to sacrifice a woman.

Therefore, the Mangsedu Zhuhu branch of the Fucha clan was originally very powerful and prominent, the first in Manchuria!It surpassed the Aixinjueluo family, and far surpassed the Wangjinu branch, which is a rising star of the Fucha family.Therefore, Yuan Chunwang's comments on Fu Cha's family have a long history.For the Wangjinu branch, Hashtun was the founding hero of the Qing Dynasty. He made great contributions to protecting Huang Taiji on the Songjin Battlefield (the decisive battle between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs). Inlaid with yellow flags, the official came to the Prince Taibao, the minister of the Shunzhi Dynasty, and later there were Mi Sihan, the descendant of Hashtun, the Minister of State, Ma Qi, Fu Heng, Fu Kang'an, King of Jiayong County, Empress Xiaoxian Chun and many other prominent figures.Fu Heng died in the 35th year of Qianlong.The chronicle records that "he was buried in Fuxinzhuang, Dongling, not a dry poplar tree" (the dry poplar tree is outside the Anding Gate of Beijing, which is the ancestral grave of Fucha's family).The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are the tombs of the Qing royal family, and the vicinity of the Eastern Tombs is the tomb area of ​​the Qing ministers, which shows Fu Heng's important position in the court.Fu Heng's son, Fu Kang'an, was also buried in Dongling after his death.Because of Fukang'an's posthumous gift to Jiayong County King, Tween Fu Heng was posthumously named County King, Fu Heng's wife Nalan was posthumously named Fujin, and the father and son were even more worthy of enjoying the Taimiao.There are only two members of the Shaji Fucha family who enjoy this honor.