Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Concubine Rong said: She was just asking Shen Bi, how often do you turn over cards, who do you go to, whether the food tastes good, and how many times you get up a night.Shen Bi feels that she cares about you very much.The emperor nodded and did not speak.Concubine Rong then changed her words with a smile: Are you jealous of my little milk again?The emperor said: I am just a little sensitive.As he spoke, he took out the medicine from under the pillow and applied it to her.Concubine Rong asked, "Are you talking about the Queen Mother?"The emperor said: I can never let go.Concubine Rong said: Shen Bi understands that you are so filial to the Queen Mother, let alone the irreparable regret for Mrs. Qian.That's why you've been like this.The emperor just remained silent.

The two stayed for a while, Concubine Rong felt hot, she got up and hooked up the bed curtains on both sides, and said: "Emperor Niang also knows that you have not put it down."The emperor said: Maybe I'm suspicious, but I always feel that what happened back then was not what we knew.Concubine Rong looked at the emperor in amazement.The emperor sighed and said: I asked Hu Shijie, the great eunuch in front of the late emperor, when he was seriously ill last year, I went to see him in Changchun Garden, but he avoided talking about it, so I understand in my heart.

Concubine Rong was taken aback, and suddenly remembered that in Miyun last year, she had asked the queen mother, but the queen avoided talking about it... After a long while, she said: "You mean... the emperor nodded.Concubine Rong immediately understood why the emperor didn't ask the queen mother, because he didn't want to reveal the truth, which might be something no one could face, and he would rather Hu Shijie take the truth away, so that no one in this world would know.

She suddenly felt a tremor in her heart, as if falling into an ice cave, she hugged the emperor tightly.The emperor laughed, patted her, and said: Don't be afraid, it's okay.Then he raised his eyes to look at the top of the bed, and said: How many secrets are buried in this Forbidden City!Concubine Rong said faintly: If it turns out... what are you going to do?The emperor shook his head and said: I don't know.Concubine Rong said: "Emperor Niang raised you up."The emperor sighed for a long time, and said: "Emperor Niang once said, let me ask her if I have something, but I think it's better not to ask her."Concubine Rong said: No matter what the emperor does, Shen Bi will obey you, I have sworn before Allah.The emperor held her in his arms and closed his eyes.

Li Yu could hear it clearly from the outside, but he felt five thunders crashing on his head, sweating profusely, and fell to the ground.He suddenly understood that the emperor made him listen on purpose because he was close to the queen mother. The emperor went to Changchun Garden to meet Hu Shijie in secret last year. He didn't know until today that when Hu Shijie was about to die, he followed the emperor's order to die I feel that the emperor is sympathetic to himself.In the emperor's heart, only Concubine Rong could truly trust him. Since he was a slave and an old man in the palace, he couldn't refuse the queen mother, so he couldn't fully trust her, although the emperor knew it in his heart.No wonder, when he was in Jiaxing, the emperor didn't take him to Qian's house...

On the second day, Concubine Rong returned to the Longxi Hall.Caiyun saw that she took out the small bottle of purple spirit herb oil to look at again.This bottle of sesame oil was made by Mrs. Nalan and given to Concubine Rong after Master Fu Heng returned from Yili that year. She never used it, but just kept it with her, wherever she went, and often took it out to read.Concubine Rong looked at it for a while, then took out the "Hong Chu Fragrance Book" from the drawer, which was given to herself by Mrs. Nalan with the bottle of oil, and then she gave her a booklet of Tibetan poetry...sit for a while , She wrote a letter to Yingluo with her special purple wax paper with gold twigs and lotus patterns and a small purple pen with a bamboo tube, and asked Caiyunjiao Palace to send it to General Hailancha of Yili.

Aisha and his wife pretended to be the followers of Fu Heng and his wife. In the team, there were two personal escorts of Fu Heng and Hulin Xing, who were responsible for guarding, a translator who was also bilingual in Tibetan, Ye Tianshi and an assistant, Ruidong and Pearl. 12 people.Originally the emperor allowed Ruidong to bring a maid to accompany her, but she didn't bring it, saying that she would keep things simple on the road, and there were so many people taking care of her, so Pearl also helped her.Along the way, they all rest in Huanghuayi.Because it is a secret trip, there are few people to hide it. If necessary, Fu Heng can mobilize local officials and soldiers at any time.Starting from Shanxi, Huanghua Station is divided into two roads, one road reaches Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan; the other road reaches Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Tibet.They first went to Jinchuan in Kangzang, which is adjacent to Sichuan, and took the first route.

It has been two years since Xiaoquanzi went to Jiangning, but Zhuzhu still takes care of Fu Heng, his wife and their two children, and has never left Yujing Garden.Although Pearl and Xiao Quanzi have a good relationship, they are not a real couple.And she has been serving Fu Heng closely all year round, and Yingluo has been pregnant and giving birth all these years. Pearls are used for Fu Heng's needlework. Her embroidery work is the same as Mingyu's, and she has not made much progress, but because of her slow temper, she did needlework. Be careful, she has a lot of affection for Fu Heng, so she does it more carefully, although she has no other ideas.Yingluo was satisfied with her needlework, but she never felt it before. That year in Horqin and Fu Heng's horse-riding competition, Pearl was so nervous, she suddenly understood.

Yingluo felt that Fu Heng knew it in his heart, but the couple did not talk about it. She felt that if Pearl really left, Fu Heng would not be used to it, because Fu Heng also had feelings for her, although he had no affection for Pearl. other ideas.Yingluo felt that when she got older, especially after giving birth, her temperament became softer. Especially for Fu Heng, she wanted Fu Heng to be comfortable and happy. Later, I followed the emperor for two years and owed him a lot.

Sometimes when she looked at the two of them, she would think of Qinglian. Although she had never met her, and the couple never mentioned Qinglian again, she felt that Qinglian was always in Fu Heng's heart, and she I asked the housekeeper of the Fucha Mansion on Mashen Temple Street about some old things.Pearl has a gentle temperament, much softer than herself, she thinks that Qinglian should be like this, even though she doesn't look like her.Fu Heng and Pearl don't talk much, but they get along very well.

Yingluo also couldn't imagine that if another person served Fu Heng, not only Fu Heng, but she herself was very used to it, so she couldn't trust the second person.Pearl is an old person in Changchun Palace, she knows all the old things, understands her and Fu Heng, and she is reluctant to leave her.And Pearl is absolutely wholehearted to her, Fu Heng and the child, there is no other in the world.Haishi had already seen it. After Xiao Quanzi left, she laughed at Yingluo in private, saying that Yingluo had found someone in the house who was not in the house. Yingluo smiled at the time and didn't take it to heart until she went to Horqin.Afterwards, she thought of deliberately misrepresenting Pearl and Fu Heng to make her and Xiao Quanzi happy, and she felt a lot of emotion.

Like Haishi, Zhenzhu is now considered half the master of Yujingyuan, and Yingluo treats her like a sister.Apart from serving Fu Heng, sewing for Fu Heng, and taking care of the children, she doesn't have much to do in her daily life.And the ones who are really serving the children are the wet nurses, servants and little girls, and Pearl is in charge of these people.Since Fu Long'an was born, Ying Luo was basically served by Tweet when she was at home, and Tweet was always with her when she went to the pharmacy.Tweety'er and Xiaofu have been married by Yingluo to the steward of the mansion.Xiaofu takes care of Haishi, manages the affairs of Haishi's courtyard and a few little girls.Cui'er takes care of the little girl in Yingluo's room.

So Yingluo wanted to transfer Xiaoquanzi back to the capital, and made an agreement with the emperor to teach Xiaoquanzi back when they came back from the west.After Xiao Quanzi came back, Yingluo naturally still wanted him to live with her husband and wife, because Xiao Quanzi returned to Beijing, and the emperor had to give him a promotion. In order to look good on the outside, she had already bought a small house next to Yujing Garden. Down, and the inner door was built to facilitate the return of pearls.Xiaoquanzi and Zhenzhu were willing to repair it after returning to Beijing from the west, but Fu Heng didn't say anything, since Yingluo was in charge of the house anyway.

After entering the Jiarong Tibetan area in southwestern Sichuan, along the Sichuan-Tibet passage, there are snow-capped mountains and grasslands all the way. Except for Fu Heng and his two entourages, and Aisha and his wife, everyone else set foot on the plateau for the first time. There are differences. Fortunately, Ye Tianshi accompanied him, prescribed medicine, walked slowly and rested more, after a few days, everyone got used to it.Pearl's reaction was the biggest, and she didn't get better, so Yingluo asked Fu Hengchang to take care of her and asked Hu Lin to take care of Gu Ruidong.Pearl is very embarrassed, but Fu Heng is very natural.

There are three routes to enter Jinchuan, one is through Wenchuan Yingxiu, Wolong and other towns, crossing the pass of Balang Mountain, passing through Rilong-Dawei-Wori and other towns to Xiaojin, Danba, and heading north to Dajinchuan.The second is to go through Wenchuan-Lixian-Maerkang and then turn south to Jinchuan, which is called the Northern Sichuan-Tibet Line.The third is the Sichuan-Tibet southern line, passing through Chengdu-Ya'an-Kangding-Danba, and then going north to Dajinchuan.Everyone took the first line, because it is possible to cross the pass of Balang Mountain here, and it was the place where the most heroic battle of the imperial army took place.

Not long after entering Balang Mountain, there are snow-capped mountains and giant valleys along the way. The scenery is extremely beautiful, but the mountains are high and the slopes are steep, and the road along the winding mountain dirt road is slower.Pearl got dizzy when she got out of the car, she didn't keep her feet steady, she fell into the arms of Fu Heng who helped her get out of the car, and passed out.Fu Heng hurriedly hugged her and sent her to the garrison on the mountainside.Yingluo was also very anxious when she saw this, so she walked in quickly and asked Ye Tianshi to come and see.Ye Tianshi felt his pulse, shook his head, and said that he had no choice but to wait and get used to it slowly.Yingluo asked Fu Heng to watch him, and go to see how Ruidong and the others settled down.

The place where the soldiers are stationed is spacious and simple. Now when there is no war, there are only five or sixty permanent soldiers.After a while, Zhenzhu woke up and saw Fu Heng sitting by the bed, covering himself with a quilt.Fu Heng asked her how she was feeling, and she hurriedly said: Sir, I'm fine, I'm sorry just now.She blushed as she spoke, and asked Yingluo again.Fu Heng shook his head and told Yingluo to settle down with other people. Seeing her talking and panting, he told her not to talk, lie down and rest, and continue reading by himself.

Pearl then looked at Fu Heng like this.After getting along day and night for many years, Fu Heng is someone she is very familiar with. She is familiar with everything about his breath, body and daily life. When she was young, like other court ladies, she once fell in love with him, although it was elusive. She had long lost love, but she never expected that many years later, she would be so close to him.She didn't have any other ideas, she just took care of him and made him comfortable, besides he was the master, he was also a family member.So she was not ashamed, she was not ashamed towards Yingluo, nor was she ashamed towards Xiao Quanzi.

Fu Heng put down the book, picked up the tea, saw Pearl looking at him, so he smiled and asked: Is there any better?Pearl likes such moments, when he talks to her, he is very gentle, mostly talking about Yingluo and the child, but whatever he says is pleasant.So nod.Fu Hengdao: Xiao Quanzi has done a good job in the south, the emperor often praises him.

Pearl said: That's what adults often say good things about him, he told me all in the letter.The master also told me recently that Xiao Quanzi got the job, and he was the emperor who the adults asked for. We are all very grateful.Fu Heng only nodded with a smile, and picked up the book again.After a while, Pearl said: Master said about Qinglian before, and said that the Lord liked her very much.Seeing that she suddenly mentioned Qinglian, Fu Heng was a little surprised, put down the book, and said sadly: She was very good to me, and died because of me, but I can do nothing for her.

Pearl hurriedly said: "Whoever is with the adults will treat you very well, and she is your maid in the first place."Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of Erqing, and for a moment regretted my mistake.Fu Heng said: Thank you.Pearl thought: Erqing hates because of love, she actually loves him, who doesn't love him?And the master avenged Qinglian!Then he said: At that time in Changchun Palace, Empress Xian took care of your lord in every detail, I didn't expect Pearl to be lucky enough to serve you.Fu Heng thought of the past and felt emotional.

The two talked about Fu Longan and Jiang Jiang again.Fu Hengdao: Among the people in the family, Long'er likes you the most, even more than Grandma.Pearl said: I am often with the young master.Then he smiled and said: Miss is really beautiful!With fair and thin skin, she will definitely be more beautiful than Concubine Rong when she grows up!Fu Heng laughed very proudly.Pearl looked at him, and she felt infinitely happy, and said: Years ago, the young master had acne, and the master was afraid that the young master would have scars on his face. She was afraid that you would worry, so she didn't tell you.

Fu Hengdao: Long'er likes Yingluo, and Yingluo also likes her son.Pearl said: Master has always been busy, but as long as he is with the young master, he is very careful and gentle with him, it is only natural for the young master to love Eniang.Fu Hengdao: Yingluo's temperament, she never has any grudges towards you, which is rare.Pearl laughed and said: Actually, the master is Mr. Nervous and Mrs. Young Master, she is very kind to others.

Just as she was talking, Yingluo came in, and she heard Pearl's last words, so she smiled and said: "What do you two arrange for me?"Fu Heng smiled and took her hand, saying: Say you are good to Pearl.Yingluo looked at him with a smile, then at Pearl, and said: This is not too bad!Pearl pursed her lips and smiled.

After Jin Chuan went back, Fu Heng signed the flower and leaf bookmark that Qinglian made for himself at that time, and gave Pearl to keep it, and did not tell Yingluo.But she still showed the pearl to Yingluo, and Yingluo looked at the soft and delicate beauty that had been frozen, as if she was expressing a kind of sad happiness, thinking of what happened to Qinglian, her eyelashes filled with tears.She understood, Qinglian, she is different from Pearl, very different, she has a kind of spirituality that Pearl does not have, in this point, Tweety may be more like Qinglian, but Tweety's appearance is ordinary , not as good as pearls.Ordinary, maybe longer.

Aisha thinks Pudawa is very preoccupied today.After dinner with everyone in the residence, the two returned to the room. She turned on the fire, untied the braids, took the wine jars, and poured a glass of highland barley wine bought in the town down the mountain for each of them.After going out, for convenience, she tied all her hair into a big braid behind her head.The dizzy yellow liquid shone slightly in the glass, and the two drank two glasses in silence. She put away the wine jar and glass, and came back to hug her husband.

Pudawa immediately kissed her, unbuttoned her collar from her lips to her neck, and she kissed him back emotionally, kissing and kissing again.The two hugged and fell on the long wooden table, her long hair fell down like a waterfall...Because of the cold weather, they were tossed and turned along the way. This was the first time the two had made out since they left Beijing.

In fact, Aisha is not petite, but in Pudawa's arms, she always has a firm grip. She likes to be surrounded by him forcefully, like being surrounded by a solid wall, with a suffocating sense of stability and peace. The oppression that makes people tremble... The light of the fire jumps and warms, the breathing becomes short of breath, and the room is full of mist... In the rushing heat of the fire, he hugs her tightly, and her warm, mature plumpness, his originally cold blood The flow changed, and she began to have strength, vitality, and fierceness, coming like a sharp knife, piercing through her solemn and soft freshness... Aisha felt like a tide was thawed in the trunk of a big tree, and it kept going upwards until it turned into a firebird on the top of the tree, red as blood, rushing to the top of the snow-capped mountain, that is the temple of the gods... Pudawa sobbed softly, a soft pity arose in her heart, Pat him lightly.

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[Historical Prototype] Rongwang Mansion and Descendants ([-])

Mian Yi's son [Yi Hui] attacked Baylor in the 20th year of Jiaqing and died at the age of 40.In August of the fifth year of Jiaqing, it was rewarded to the second rank Dingdai, and in June 20th, it was inherited from Dorobel and awarded the three-eyed flower feather.Yihui is also good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, has both talent and appearance, and is especially fond of chanting. He wrote "Zi Zhang Zi" and parallel prose, poetry, "Ming Shan Tang Anthology", etc. He was a famous clan writer in the Qing Dynasty.He has a deep relationship with his concubine Gu Taiqing, and the number of works sung by the two of them is rare in the history of Chinese literature.There should be quite a few people who have heard of Gu Taiqing.

Yihui Side Fujin [Gu Taiqing], Xilin Jueluo, Manchuria Xianglan Banner, adopted daughter of Gu Wenxing, granddaughter of Gansu Governor Echang (another important person involved in the Hu Zhongzao case, who was gifted to death) nephew of University scholar Wenduan Gong Ertai , has a lot of origins, continuing the fate of Aixinjueluo's family and Xilin's family.Gu Taiqing is her pseudonym, because she was a criminal minister, her family was poor and poor when she was young.Gu Taiqing was a famous poetess in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, known as "Queen of Ci".Gu Taiqing wrote the collection of poems "Tianyou Pavilion Collection" and the collection of lyrics "Donghai Fishermen's Songs", and the novel "Dream of Red Mansions" in his later years. Therefore, he is known as the first female novelist in the history of Chinese literature. [Tianyou Pavilion] is the name of her residence in Rongwang Mansion. "Among Manchurian poets, there are Chengrongruo for men, and Taiqingchun for women", this is the high evaluation of Gu Taiqing by later generations.

The story of Yihui and Gu Taiqing is very touching. Those who are interested can search it. In short, it is the love of love. After sheltering the criminals in that era, because Yihui was named Taisu Taoist, Gu Taiqing was named Taiqing. In addition to Yihui's eldest son, the other four daughters and four sons are all descended from Gu Taiqing.And Yihui's descendant, Fujin Hesheli, is from Zhenghuangqi in Manchuria, the daughter of Fule Hong'a, a vice-dutong male. Her name is Aixian, her style name is Miaohua, and she is also fond of literature. The poems and vocabulary of Yihui and the two of them form a part. "Miao Lianhua Collection", Sheng Yihui's eldest son Zai Jun, because Zai Jun has no children, so the descendants of Prince Rong are inherited by Gu Taiqing's descendants.There are many kinds of Manchu affections, ranging from emperors to kings to ministers, and they all lead the coquettishness without giving way. It seems that they are much more affectionate than the upper class of the ancient Han people.

Yihui Baylor and his wife Gu Taiqing love life very much. In the poems of the couple, there are a lot of descriptions of the palace’s flowers and vegetables, pet raising, listening to piano and watching operas, collecting and appreciating, eating and drinking, etc., which are well understood by the world. The life of the palace in the Qing Dynasty provides valuable first-hand information.Dananyu, Qinglonghu Town, Fangshan District, Beijing is the former residence and villa of Yihui and Gu Taiqing couple, which is also a garden bedroom. "Dananyu Mountains... In spring, there are wild flowers blooming, and the valley is full of fragrance; in summer, there are flowing water and brooks, and you can fish; in autumn, there are red leaves in the middle of the mountain, which are as bright as spring flowers; in winter, there are snow-covered pines and forests. The scenery is nothing but pleasing to the eye."

[Some plots about the fifth elder brother and his family members in the novel also refer to the above related content. 】

[Hong Chu Xiang Pu] Hong Chu's "Xiang Pu" is the earliest and relatively complete collection of incense and medicine records in the Northern Song Dynasty. It contains a wide range of historical materials, methods of using incense, and various formulas of incense in the past. He also pioneered the classification model of the use of incense, which is four categories: the products of incense, the differences of incense, the things of incense, and the methods of incense, which are followed by all subsequent incense books.When Yingluo in Yanxi Palace taught Shun concubine how to make incense, Shun concubine borrowed this incense book.