Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Aisha liked these food utensils very much, and she gasped in admiration. Concubine Rong told her that the emerald-patterned bowl-pattern and the white jade flower-shaped lattice box were all Hindustan jade wares, made of Hetian jade.The emperor especially liked Hindustan jade. Since last year, more than [-] kilograms of high-quality Hetian jade were transported from Xinjiang every spring and autumn, and special workshops for imitating Hindustan jade were set up in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Suzhou, called "Xifan do". "Xifanzuo" jade wares inherit the advantages of Hindustan jade's unique shape, smooth patterns, and transparent carcass, and combine the traditional methods of Chinese craftsmanship to create new Islamic-style jade wares.It's just that the Hindustan-style jade wares are labor-intensive to make and are easily damaged when used, so the price is high, so I said I would send her to take a set back.

What Aisha gave to Concubine Rong was also a pair of large Xixia gold inlaid gemstone earrings. The earrings were also in the shape of teardrops, but they were inlaid with small dark blue and dark purple gemstones, which were more mysterious and profound. Concubine Rong immediately replaced herself. three-ear pliers and put them on your ears.Aisha told Concubine Rong what happened in Huocheng again, and Concubine Rong understood now, "he" understood all of what Aisha said, and shed tears excitedly.Aisha asked in surprise: Do you still love him?Concubine Rong laughed and said: Love, of course love!Aisha looked at her, and suddenly understood her completely, and also understood what Concubine Rong meant by love.

In the middle, the emperor came for a while.This is the second time Aisha and the emperor have met at close range. In the bright autumn sun, I saw him wearing a beige dragon robe with a camel lapel and intricate golden dragons embroidered on the horseshoe sleeves. It was indescribably noble and elegant. , It was different from the first time I saw him wearing the yellow dragon robe under the candle at night, the whole person was bright, glowing, and the aura was even stronger.That night was like a 'comet hitting the moon', today is like a 'white rainbow piercing the sun'.

She thinks the emperor's appearance is what a real dragon emperor should look like, with big ears, a shiny head, full of heaven, sword eyebrows and star eyes, rich and handsome facial features, delicate bones, it seems that the corners of the eyes and brows are full of affection, But he has a masculine and heroic spirit that is compelling, especially mature and steady. He does not have Pudawa and Fu Henggao, but he has an incomparably superior monarchy, and has a kind of thunderous iron fist.A pair of eyes are big and bright, bright as lightning, unfathomable, powerful without anger, every time the emperor looks at her, she will unconsciously get nervous.I thought: let alone so many beauties in the harem, how many women in the world would be overwhelmed by him?

Aisha dedicated the volume of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" written in Xixia cursive in Western Xia Dynasty to the emperor, saying that it was a plan to "tune the tiger away from the mountain". baby.Langka also gave Fu Heng a volume of "Escape the Shell of the Golden Cicada" to thank him for the gun, but Aisha naturally didn't mention it.The emperor thanked her with a smile, asked Li Yu to pick it up, and congratulated her and Pudawa, and asked her family in Jinchuan, saying that Concubine Rong didn't want to hold a big birthday in the palace, and reserved today for Aisha, the Queen Mother Since she was not in the palace, she was told to spend more time with Concubine Rong and go back.Then they left, Concubine Rong and Aisha stood up and were about to kneel again, Li Yu said from the side again: Excuse me.

The emperor only looked at Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong blushed, she didn't even wipe her mouth, she felt that her face must be oily, she stood still.Aisha hurriedly winked at Concubine Rong, meaning not to care about herself.Concubine Rong then said to the emperor: This concubine sends the emperor out.Then he smiled apologetically at Aisha, went up to hold the emperor by his arms, and walked out together, Li Yu also followed with a smile.

Concubine Rong was wearing a back hat and her hair, but she didn't wear a back dress.Today she is wearing a pink-green gown with eight balls of Kuilong gauze, with eight balls of Kui dragons and seawater river cliff patterns embroidered on the dark green dark dragon gauze ground by haloing. Horseshoe sleeves in gold satin in azure blue.And because Concubine Rong is tall, she is about the same height as the emperor after stepping on the bottom of the flower pot. Today, walking with the emperor in the beige dragon robe is generally fresh and pleasant.

After a while, Concubine Rong came back, and Aisha looked at her and smiled.Concubine Rong said embarrassingly: The emperor actually came to greet you.Aisha asked: What did you say when you went out just now?Concubine Rong said: "I didn't say anything, I just said that we will go for a walk in the Imperial Garden tonight."Aisha laughed again: It's only a few steps to the front from here, so why take so long?He came to see you by greeting me?

Concubine Rong smiled slightly.Just now she drank another cup of tea with the emperor in the back hall and squeezed his shoulders before the emperor went back to the front hall.The emperor got up early, so this was the first time the two of them talked today. The emperor said that she was busy today, so she might have to have dinner with An'er, and said that she would try to come back as early as possible, so that she could think about what to do in the evening and give orders first. The servant is ready, she just said that she wants the emperor to accompany her out for a walk, there is no need to prepare anything.The emperor asked Li Yu to order people to prepare snacks and send them to Jiangxuexuan when the time came, and Li Yu quickly responded.Because Concubine Rong likes Jiangxuexuan the most in the imperial garden, she likes the natural color of nanmu without decoration, she likes crabapple flowers and trees, she likes glazed flower beds and ancient stone pillars, and she also likes the woodcut couplets of imperial scripts on both sides of the main entrance: the flowers are still red after the rain Shallow, the tree is about to become cloudy green and gradually thicken.

Concubine Rong still had dessert crumbs on her face, and the emperor took it off with his hands. She was very embarrassed, the emperor smiled and took her into his arms, praising her for looking good in the new hat flower and new earrings, but the emperor's clothes also I got oily and had to change clothes.When she changed the emperor's clothes, the emperor kept laughing, and Li Yu kept laughing as he watched them both.

After lunch, Concubine Rong took Aisha to Shoukang Palace, because Aisha was very curious.Aisha praised the two screens of the emperor's royal pen, one painted flowers in vases, pink lotus and yellow osmanthus in tall vases, and the other painted interlaced pine trees and plum blossoms, both of which were sparse and neat.He said that he never expected the emperor to draw such delicate, soft and fresh paintings.Concubine Rong smiled, and showed her the gift from Changchun Garden, which was an auspicious dress worn by the Empress Dowager when she was young.

Aisha saw that the color of the clothes was light and elegant, embroidered with eight groups of flower basket patterns composed of four seasons flowers, with miscellaneous treasures and grass insects in between, and the collar and sleeves were decorated with stones and azurite pieces of gold.Ask: This dress is very beautiful, what color is it called?It's just so old, how to wear it?Concubine Rong smiled and said: This kind of light yellow and white is called honey combination color, which means 'intimacy and harmony'.These clothes are not for wearing, but for the queen's mother's will. Because I am her daughter, she will give me her old clothes.Nanny Liu said that when she was young, she put a lot of effort into female celebrities. At that time, she was very lonely, and the late emperor seldom stayed with her, and the emperor was admitted into the palace by the holy ancestor early in the morning.After the emperor ascended the throne, she didn't do it.This dress was donated by Suzhou Weaving back then, and it was one of her favorite clothes.She also showed me several stitches for yarn embroidery.

Aisha asked: What is yarn embroidery?Concubine Rong said: "It's embroidery on yarn. There are stitches such as one thread, two threads, long and short stitches. The concubines in the palace often do this to fight their worries and spend their leisure time."Aisha sighed: Unexpectedly, being the queen mother, there are so many unsatisfactory past events. The emperor has too many women, and most of the palace is full of resentful women. No wonder the queen mother doesn't like concubine singing and dancing, except for you. She treats you really well. It's all because of His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Emperor is really kind to you.

Concubine Rong also sighed: "Emperor Niang is the concubine Xi who was directly entered by Gege from the hidden mansion after the first emperor ascended the throne because of the emperor."In fact, the emperor understood the hardships of the emperor's mother back then, so he was so filial.The old man is always conservative and rules-based, and the queen mother is the queen mother, and she understands the emperor's temperament. If she doesn't respect the rules and decency, and abolishes the family law of the ancestors, the harem will not be a harem. Not only the concubines, but also so many slaves, It's really hard to be a parent.She remembered what Li Yu said to her that day because of the emperor's mother-child estrangement. She comforted Li Yu and said that everything was due to her. At that time, the emperor thought that the queen mother was his own mother...

Aisha is still saying: The emperor is really kind to you, he thinks of you in everything, and depends on you.Concubine Rong laughed and said: If his favorite concubine can't do whatever she wants, and is still depressed and unhappy, what should he do as an emperor?Aisha thinks this makes sense, but she doesn't quite understand what it means.

A few days later, Yujingyuan received four gifts from Concubine Rong in return.

A food box with red maple leaves and autumn insects pictured, inside is a variety of Central Asian snacks, as well as raisins, spring oranges and Tibetan apricots.That's all, Yingluo likes the box very much.In the shape of a maple leaf, the whole body is carved with red lacquer, and the fine veins of the maple leaf are used as a brocade ground, and a big grasshopper is embossed.The inside of the box is painted with black lacquer, and the bottom of the box bears a maple leaf-shaped seat, which is unique and delicate.

A hot-flowered plain-faced folding fan, the handle is made of bamboo and painted black, the fan is made of paper, and the color is pure white, one side is sprinkled with gold as a decoration, and the irregular gold flakes are like fallen leaves, like spots, straightforward and abstract, with strong contrast, very verve.

A pair of halberd chimes with swim bladders and racks, one of which has a slightly fan-shaped body, decorated with swastika-embossed belts and fretwork belts, and carved fish patterns on the lower part.Fish and chime harmoniously symbolize "more than auspicious celebration".At the top corner is a copper variant longevity ring, which matches with the bat-shaped hook on the bracket to form a decorative pattern meaning "blessing and longevity".The bracket is square, the frame is decorated with incised fretwork, and the standing teeth are decorated with Kui and fretwork.The structure and decoration of the other piece are similar to the previous piece, except that the body of the chime is decorated with double dragons holding longevity patterns, and the lower part is carved with a bat ribbon, which also implies "blessing and longevity".

Yingluo knew that these two items were given by the emperor, and she said that she used the fan when she went out to disguise herself as a man, and put a pair of halberd chimes in Fu Heng's study. Fu Heng laughed and said that the emperor gave her to put it in the bedroom. It's full.

A pair of Tianhuangshi Suzaku coat of arms. Tianhuangshi is in the shape of a square-bottomed stone, covered with black leather, and carved in the ground. One of the stones is embossed with cloud patterns and gray bats;The wonderful thing is that the black skin is translucent, except for the engraved seal, the yellow stone wrapped in it is also faintly visible.This is for Fu Heng, and it should be given to Fu Heng by Concubine Rong. Fu Heng took it and knew in his heart that Concubine Rong had already understood what he said and the birthday gift he gave, because one of the patterns echoed him that day. The bat pattern on the gray coat.

Wei Mei has been in confinement since she gave birth, so naturally she doesn't care about palace affairs.When the emperor came to see her, she always burst into tears, saying sorry to the emperor and the queen mother.The imperial hospital said that she suffered from physical and mental damage, which led to depression, and she would be even more sad when she saw the emperor, so the emperor stopped going, and taught Concubine Qing to take her fourteenth elder brother to Chuxiu Palace every day to accompany her for a while.Originally, the emperor planned that Debao's daughter should be accepted as a nobleman after three months of learning the rules, but Wei Meixiaoyue shelved the matter, and Debao personally told the emperor that he wanted his daughter to serve the concubine Ling well for a while. To comfort the mother's pain of bereavement.

Suddenly such an accident happened, and Yilu was worried. Hearing from Debao that Wei Mei's situation was not good, he was worried that she would not be able to handle palace affairs and would fall out of the emperor's favor. Mae already has fourteen elder brothers and two princesses, so it won't be too bad anyway.The imperial doctor wanted the concubine to rest and not teach to see people, so the empress dowager and other inner court dignitaries only sent people to greet her, and there were not a few people in the harem who were gloating in their hearts.

Sun Fang and Debao were ordered to investigate the Liugong Bingtai Hospital. All the palaces and all the servants' houses were asked to rummage through the boxes, but they found no clues. They reported to the emperor and empress, and everyone naturally complained.When Concubine Shu complained, Concubine Qing only persuaded her that Wei Mei was so sick that she was really pitiful, and Concubine Shu said that she was raising someone else's child, so naturally she was speaking for others.Nala was in the middle of her arms, and she ordered the imperial hospital to take care of her concubine Ling, and sent Zhen'er to ask a few questions every day.Chuxiu Palace was suddenly deserted.

Every time Li Yu passed by, he would always think of his thought that day, which actually came true. He felt very uneasy, and it was difficult to tell others, so he finally told Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong told the queen mother that she wanted Mrs. Shaman to do things, so as to make the concubine feel unlucky.So the chief ceremonial priest of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the shaman shrine performed blessing sacrifices in the Kunning Palace.

Shamanism is the traditional belief of the Jurchen people. The only clergyman in a tribe in a region is the shaman, which shows the degree of respect for it.The state religion of the Qing Dynasty was not shamanism, but in order to preserve the legacy of Manchuria, shamanism was always maintained in the palace.There are many shaman sacrifices, and the Kunning Palace praying for blessings is a very important event. The procedure is grand and complicated, and the emperor and empress must participate.Nala knew in her heart that it was for the concubine's displeasure, but naturally she didn't reveal it.After the sacrifice, the emperor ordered Yilu's wife to enter the Chuxiu Palace from the Old Summer Palace to serve the imperial concubine.

On the fourth day after Yingluo returned to Beijing, shortly after breakfast, Rongrong came to inquire. The sisters were very happy to meet again. Rongrong said that Doro had gone back the day before yesterday to talk about it. She took care and brought a gift because she said this was the first time she visited her sister's house.

Yingluo saw that the things she brought were three large plates.A pair of large eight-inch blue and white gardenia plates with yellow ground.The whole body is yellow ground, the center of the plate is painted with broken branches of gardenia in blue and white, and the inner wall is decorated with broken branches of pomegranate, persimmon, grape and lotus.The blue and white rendering is delicate, the yellow glaze is plump and thick, and the two colors set off against each other, making it even more ancient and gorgeous.

There is also a red diamond-shaped plate with diamond-shaped Japanese horns. The whole body is covered with black lacquer. Leisurely and elegant state.The mountains and rocks in the distance are scattered and covered with trees, and a tall pine tree in the vicinity is leaning against the trees on the opposite bank, showing a strong momentum.Especially with the elegant red lacquer, it is a bit bleak due to its age, and it has the style of a recluse and noble scholar in ancient times.

Yingluo was very happy, and said with a smile: You really have a heart.

Rongrong said: "Sister, this garden is called Yujing Garden. I happen to have this pair of plates from the Ming Dynasty at home, so I brought them here."The red plates belonged to Lao Shu's family, an old thing from the Yuan Dynasty. Duo Luo said that his family is all men, so it's useless to keep them.Yingluo laughed again: You two, the Fucha family didn't speak so loudly of these priceless things as Chinese cabbage.Sure enough, he was a child who grew up in a wealthy old family."Success, my sister will naturally take care of you two's intentions."So I gave her the gadgets I bought on the way.

Rongrong also said that because her son was born prematurely, the old lady and her parents said that Doro was busy with errands and the child was young, so she taught her to take care of the small family, so she taught Siyan to take care of the relatives' house and give gifts, and she would not go to each house Run and just concentrate on tending the pharmacy.Yingluo was very happy for her.

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[Gold-covered bead-embedded stone cap flower] One of the exquisite Qing Dynasty ornaments in the Forbidden City Collection, the appearance and origin are as shown in the text.

[Mughal Empire] The Mughal Empire, also known as the Mughal Dynasty and the Mughal Dynasty (1526-1858), was a conquest dynasty established by Babur, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, who invaded India from Afghanistan. . "Mongol" is the transliteration of the word "Mongolia" in Persian.During the heyday of the empire, the territory covered almost the entire Indian subcontinent, as well as Afghanistan and other places in Central Asia.The ruler is a Persianized Mongol who believes in Islam, has the noble blood of the Chagatai Khanate, and belongs to the descendants of the Timurid Dynasty. The superstructure and government of the empire believe in Islam, Persian It is the official language, the language of court, public affairs, diplomacy, literature and high society.The grassroots is composed of ordinary people with various surnames in India, who mainly believe in Brahmanism and Hinduism, and use hundreds of Indian languages ​​such as Sanskrit, Hindi, and Tamil.

[Sun Tzu's Art of War in Cursive Script in Xixia Script] "Auspicious All over the mouth and this continuation" in Xixia script is the earliest wooden movable type printed matter found in the world. It was printed no later than the second half of the 12th century.The cursive script "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in Xixia script is one of the cultural relics unearthed in Xixia.

Two [Qianlong Yubi Screen] are the originals in Shoukang Palace.

[Jiangxuexuan] is located in the southeast of the Imperial Garden, backed by the palace wall, east to west, 5 rooms wide, with yellow glazed tile hard mountain-style roofs, and 3 rooms surrounded by Xieshan rolling shed roofs in front, with a "convex" shape on the plane .Open the door in the open room, the second room and the tip room are sill windows, the upper part is the Fushou Wanzi branch window, and the lower part is the large glass square window.The doors and windows are made of nanmu without oil decoration, and the columns, frames, beams, and squares are decorated with colorful paintings of mottled bamboo patterns, which are simple and elegant.There were originally five crabapple trees in front of the pavilion. Whenever the petals fell, it was like snowflakes falling in colorful pieces, so it was named Jiangxuexuan.

A glazed flower bed in front of the pavilion is made very finely, with just the right size and shape. The lower part is a multicolored glazed xumizuo, decorated with patterns of dragons and entwined passionflowers. The upper part is surrounded by emerald green railings and purple pillars. Between the seat and the railing is a white marble upper square, the color contrast is strong, but it is very harmonious, and it is a rare masterpiece in the palace flower bed.In the altar, stones are piled up as mountains, and there are precious flowers and trees such as peonies.In front of the flower bed stands an ancient wooden fossil pillar, iron gray, which at first glance looks like a piece of rotten wood that has been exposed to the sun for a long time, but there is a clanging sound when it is knocked.The couplet mentioned in the article is also inscribed by Qianlong on Jiangxuexuan.