Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Just entered the east courtyard through the door, and saw the bright lights inside, Li Yu stopped a little palace lady who ran out in a hurry, and the little palace lady said: "Hello, Eunuch Li, Concubine Rong vomited everything she ate before going to bed. Said that she suffered from severe wind and cold, the weather was cold and the road was far away, so she could no longer go to the mosque!Sister Caiyun asked the servants to go to the imperial dining room to bring hot water.As he said that, he didn't care about greeting the emperor, ran to the door, and went straight ahead.

Both the emperor and Li Yu were taken aback, and hurriedly walked a few steps up the steps in front of the main entrance. Before they could enter the door, Ayi, the Hui maid of Concubine Rong, ran out in a panic and bumped into Li Yu. , Li Yu scolded: Damn slave, how could you be so reckless!The emperor is here!Ayi hurriedly knelt down and said: I'm sorry the emperor and Eunuch Li!Concubine Rong vomited blood, sister Caiyun told the slaves to call the imperial physician immediately!

When the emperor heard the words, there was a bang in his head, and he had long forgotten all the grievances, whether there was any exception or not, and what was good or bad, and went straight to the Xici room.Concubine Rong was wearing a coat, leaning against Caiyun, her eyes were closed, her face was covered with sweat and tears, her lips were bright red, and Han Guli was kneeling beside the bed holding a gargle, which was full of blood.The emperor almost fainted.

Suddenly, Concubine Rong vomited out another mouthful of blood.The emperor hurriedly stepped forward to support her.Concubine Rong closed her eyes tightly, lifeless.The emperor put Concubine Rong on the bed and covered her with a quilt.Angrily asked Caiyun, what is going on, how could Concubine Rong vomit blood.Caiyun knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty has been unable to sleep at night recently, don't call me a slave to Zhang Yang. When I came back from the outside today, I only had a bowl of lotus root powder balls, so I couldn't hold on and lay down. I said that I will rest tomorrow and I will be fine."What should I do... I kept crying as I spoke.

The emperor's heart ached, and he deeply regretted what he said first, and wondered if Concubine Rong really listened to it, so that he was so excited that he vomited blood.Just before he could think about it, Doctor Liu from the Imperial Hospital arrived.After the diagnosis and treatment, Imperial Physician Liu went back to the emperor outside, saying that this winter was cold and dry, Concubine Rong's old illness had relapsed, and she was in a hurry.The emperor was surprised and said: What old disease?Doctor Liu said: "The empress was seriously injured in Yangzhou that year and had already been poisoned...

The emperor waved his hand and told him to go down and write a prescription, and went back to see Concubine Rong by himself.After sitting for a while, Li Yu saw that it was getting late, so he asked the emperor to go back and rest.The emperor did not move.Li Yu had no choice but to ask Caiyun to wait outside, and guarded outside the dormitory door by himself.

The emperor sat in front of the bed, put his hands on his knees, touched his head, his heart was full of remorse, and whispered: "Shen Bi, it's my fault, I'm talking nonsense, I hope you didn't hear it."Fu Heng, I was just putting on a show in front of the civil and military courts... Don't worry, how could I treat him... While talking, the door opened, and Li Yu ran in in panic, sweating profusely, plopping on his knees Falling down, he said: Your majesty, Yujingyuan Yujingyuan... The emperor was shocked and stood up. Li Yu said: Mrs. Nalan gave birth to a child who bleeds heavily...

The emperor's eyes darkened and he was on the verge of falling. Looking at Concubine Rong on the bed, he immediately said to Li Yu: "Go to Yujing Garden!"

But the emperor didn't go to Chengyu Jingyuan, because he just left the Longxi Pavilion, and when he walked through the door, he fainted...

When the emperor woke up, he was terrified, sat up immediately, and shouted: Yingluo Yingluo!Seeing Concubine Rong sitting on the edge of the bed, he hurriedly said: "Why are you up!Hurry up and rest!

Concubine Rong looked at him with a smile, and said: Your Majesty, you have had a nightmare, and in the dream you kept calling Shen Bi and Madam Nalan by their names.Look, the sky is already bright, Shen Bi is fine, and Madam Nalan is fine too, don't worry.It's a good thing you don't need to see outsiders today, Li Yu said that you haven't slept well recently, and asked the concubine to come over to see you early in the morning, Shen Bi made the decision not to wake you up.

After hearing this, the emperor looked around again, and saw the sun shining in through the glass window, quiet but full of vitality, it turned out that last night was really a dream...

He let out a big breath, and just as he was in shock, he felt that the cold sweat on his body was icy cold. Concubine Rong immediately asked Li Yu to come in to change his clothes, and went to call someone to wait on him for a wash.While changing the emperor's clothes, Li Yu said: "Your Majesty, are you all right? The servant will teach the imperial physician to come and take a look."The emperor whispered: No need, you ask Desheng to go to Yujing Garden to have a look.Li Yu hurriedly replied in a low voice: Yes, the servant understands.

After the emperor finished washing, he told everyone to go down, stood up and hugged Concubine Rong in his arms, but said nothing.Concubine Rong knew that as long as he felt uneasy, he would hug her.Seeing that he was wearing a shrimp-blue ocean-pattern uniform, and the herringbone pattern of acanthus big leaves was arranged in a herringbone pattern with winter jasmine branches. The acanthus leaf pattern is a traditional decoration in Greece and Rome. Smiling and stroking his back, he said: Your Majesty, you are actually doing it for Lord Fu Heng, right?You haven't been sleeping well these days, Shen Bi has long understood, and advised Li Yu not to worry.

The emperor let out a breath, rested his head on Concubine Rong's shoulder, closed his eyes, feeling his heart was still pounding.After a long time, he said: I saw in my dream that your old disease relapsed and you vomited blood...Concubine Rong laughed again, separated the two, kissed the emperor on the cheek, and said: "Is there any old disease in my concubine, you mean Yangzhou?"There is no root cause of the disease, how many times has Dr. Ye said that there are no scars on your body, why are you still worried?

The emperor couldn't eat breakfast and was still thinking about something. Concubine Rong smiled sweetly, took his bowl, and fed him with a spoon. Li Yu watched from the side and laughed. The emperor saw that the spoon was brought to his mouth, and ate Shocked, embarrassed to get up, can't avoid it.Concubine Rong has never been like this, at most she would bring the soup to him personally.Said: You also sit down and eat.Concubine Rong smiled and said: The concubine has had breakfast, it is rare for you to be later than the concubine today.Then looking at him, he had to open his mouth.Concubine Rong used her chopsticks to pick up the vegetables again, and then used her other hand to feed him.He immediately wanted to come by himself, but Concubine Rong just refused.

After feeding a bowl of porridge, the emperor found that she was holding a purple-glazed bowl with eggplant skin in her hand. It turned out that what she just ate was porridge with preserved egg and lean meat. He gratefully said to Concubine Rong: Thank you!Concubine Rong said with a smile: I think you have no taste in your mouth, so I taught you to make this porridge and serve it in this bowl as usual.Li Yu called the little eunuch to come up to wait on him, and Concubine Rong took the jar to rinse his mouth, wiped his mouth with a towel, etc.After tidying up, he picked an emerald wrench from the plate held by the last little eunuch and put it on him, then knelt down and hung a red amber fasting sign in Chinese on him.

The emperor looked at her dwarfed in front of him, suddenly felt a kind of trance, and vaguely remembered that many years ago, Su Jinghao took the initiative to approach the morning when she was killed, and it seemed to be the same.He gently held Concubine Rong's hand and lifted her up, just like he lifted Su Jinghao back then...how could he still think of her? !This morning, Shen Bi felt a little different to him, she had put down all her figure?During this period of time, she was no different from before, what she was thinking, it was just a dream...a dream...

Concubine Rong naturally didn't know his thoughts, so she smiled at him again, then pulled him to sit on the couch, stroked his warmed hands, and said: Your Majesty, Lord Fu Heng didn't blame you himself, don't think about it, Shen Bi Believe me, you did this so that he could return to the military plane as soon as possible, right?

The emperor was silent, just looked at her, and saw that she was wearing a red satin silk kunqiu with a black brim, and a long red satin ribbon hanging behind her, embroidered with large pink and white peonies.He wears a black thin jacket with a vertical collar inside, and a red satin jacket with gold color embroidered squirrel fur lining, bright red and golden yellow, and the cloud dragon on the body is shining in gold, and the slits of the clothes are decorated with three blue embroidered butterfly patterns Gold threads are used on both sides, and a circle of colorful tassels hangs under the body.And the patterns of flowing clouds, bats, flowers, and butterflies on the clothes make it elegant in richness and freshness in richness, which is actually graceful and joyful. On the wrist, there is an emerald plain bracelet with a touch of green in the white. Wake up, it will be Chinese New Year soon...

Concubine Rong smiled, just held his hand, without asking any more questions, and asked Li Yu to move the cloisonné enamel charcoal stove to his side, and then went to get him a hat.

Li Yu brought the stone-green satin flat-gold lock embroidered hat with the word "shou" in his hands. Concubine Rong took it and put it on for him. The winter solstice is approaching, and your black fox fur endmask was delivered yesterday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The concubine asked Caiyun to dry it in the yard, and then smoked it. It is easy to wear during the winter solstice.Also, that day was the fourteenth elder brother's birthday, the concubine asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to bring some rewards, you pick one in a while, and give it to the concubine Ling in person that day.I will be fasting soon, and my concubine will order the imperial kitchen to cook all the vegetarian dishes you like, and then ask the imperial hospital to deliver soothing soup.Li Yu listened from the side, feeling peaceful and joyful in his heart, thinking: the emperor really must have such a person by his side!Concubine Rong is really gentle and considerate!

Concubine Rong was still talking, when an eunuch outside said: The empress heard that the emperor did not have an early court today, so she asked Miss Zhen'er to ask, and Miss Zhen'er also brought rock sugar tremella lotus heart soup and rose hawthorn slices.The emperor didn't speak, so Concubine Rong motioned to Li Yu, and Li Yu went out, picked up the things, said that the emperor didn't sleep well last night, and asked Miss Zhen'er to go back and tell the empress that the imperial doctor has seen it, and it's all right, just rest today.Zhen'er smiled at him and said, "It's time to trouble Manager Li."The empress said that the emperor has been busy recently, and the lotus heart specially used this time is a bit bitter, but it is the best for fire. The hawthorn slices are also made by the empress herself, to appetize the emperor.Li Yu then smiled and said: "Okay, thank you, Empress, I will tell the emperor that the girl is good to go."

Li Yu came in with a plate, lifted the cover of the famille rose flower pot and the small cover of the rock sugar agate bowl, and saw the red and white colors inside, which were really beautiful, so he advised the emperor to drink the soup while it was hot, and conveyed what Zhen'er said.The emperor just shook his head, Concubine Rong took a piece of hawthorn dipped in sugar from the bowl, she felt the sweetness in her mouth, with a slightly sour taste, and the body fluid in her tongue, she praised: Delicious, the empress did a good job!But the emperor still remained silent, so Li Yu took it out, thinking: The Empress has been using this soup pot every time for so many years, and she doesn't change it.Then it suddenly occurred to me that in recent years, the emperor has less and less used the soup and food brought by the empress, but Chengqian Palace didn't know it, so he was surprised in his heart.

Li Yu just went out, only to see Desheng coming in with a smile on his face, knelt on the ground and said: "Long live, Concubine Rong!"Mrs. Nalan gave birth to another son, mother and child are safe!Concubine Rong and the emperor were very surprised. Desheng looked at the emperor and said: "When the servant was leaving, Miss Pearl came out and said that Mrs. Nalan moved last night and she was about to give birth. Master Fu Heng didn't go to the west garden today. He went to see the servant." I told the servant to wait for a while and return to the palace after getting the news, so the servant is late.

Concubine Rong smiled and said: Good evening, you go!Then he patted the emperor's hand and said, "Look, are you just thinking wildly?"The concubine is right!Not only is she fine, but she's overjoyed!Suddenly remembered that Aisha was around the same time, and Li Yu just came back, so he asked him to send someone to Pudawa's residence to ask.Only then did the emperor feel completely relieved, and leaned on the couch with Concubine Rong, whispering in a low voice, and the haze of last night was swept away.

Yingluo looked at her newborn son, thanked herself for having fulfilled her wish, thought of Gelai, and said that the earth-based Qinbo Temple in Jinchuan really came true.Fu Heng was also very happy to guard her the whole time, and sent people to report to various places.Yingluo put her face close to her son and said: Chang'an Chang'an, we will always be safe and sound!

That night, Fu Heng was secretly admitted to the palace by the emperor, and he went home after about an hour.When he came home, Yingluo was still waiting for him with her eyes open, and he went to hug her on the bed, saying: Don't worry anymore.After the first month, I returned to the military aircraft.Yingluo was both surprised and delighted: Really?Fu Heng nodded and said: Go to sleep, you will feel better in a few days, we will talk about it in detail.Yingluo closed her eyes and fell asleep.

After the winter solstice sacrifice, the emperor appointed Fu Heng, a senior scholar, as his envoy.Liu Tongxun, the co-organizer of the university, was the deputy envoy, and the imperial concubine Wei was conferred the imperial concubine.The booklet said: I started Ernan for Hua.Appreciation must be attributed to Shude.Officials are divided into nine royals.Praise and honor advance husband and rank.Yuan Pei Lun sound.Style plus elephant clothes.The concubine of Erling Wei.Su Xian female commandment.Serve Ye Ting early.Be diligent and careful.Rou Jia wrote Fan.Admiration of Our Lady.There is nothing wrong with serving internally.Respect Zuo Zhonggong.Inherited Huiyin and Ke.In the former Jin Dynasty, she was granted the rank of concubine.It has been more than ten years.Today it is called Qingyu Gongwei.Congratulations on longevity.Blessed by the empress dowager.I was granted the imperial concubine with Book Baojin.Shang Qi Ke Cheng Rongxi.The light of Zhai ladle will flow forever.Yimaofang emblem.The degree of Shixie Henghuang.Chin Zai.

This canonization caused a lot of waves in the former court and the harem.Hong Zhou was very worried about Nala, and Nala wrote back, saying that Wei had given birth to three imperial heirs in succession and assisted in the sixth palace. , told him not to worry too much.The discussion in the previous court was that the Manchu and Han were separated, and the Han officials almost celebrated in private. Not only did Yu Minzhong enter the military plane, but the Wei family became a noble concubine, and even Concubine Rong passed over.This position has been vacant in the harem since Concubine Gao passed away, and quite a few of the Manchu courtiers began to think that the emperor wanted to pay more attention to the Han people, so they couldn't help but feel hesitant.

Wu Min's family was very happy.Yi Lu was even more delighted, and finally let go of his double worries about Wei Mei and his family, saying that Mrs. Li is really a prosperous husband, and Mrs. Li believed that Wei Mei would have another heir next year, and the two celebrated at home again.

It is quite puzzling that the emperor used the sentences "serve Ye Ting early" and "the concubine rank of the former Jin Dynasty. It has been more than ten years" in the book.Liu Tongxun and others, including Ji Yun, who was in charge of the Imperial Academy, didn't understand, but Fu Heng saw it clearly in his heart. The emperor counted Yingluo's entry into the palace as a nobleman. Erase, and at the same time, because Wei Mei's life experience has already been erased, the two are merged into one.The second is the emperor's selfishness, as he once said, if Yingluo is still in the palace, the position of noble concubine belongs to her.The emperor specially sent himself to the Chuxiu Palace to announce the decree, in addition to supporting the status of the imperial concubine, he just wanted to let himself know.As for the phrase "ten years", the emperor must have agreed with Wei Mei.

After Fu Heng went back, he told Yingluo the whole story, and said that Yilu had told him that the emperor had erased Wei Mei’s life experience before. From this point of view, the emperor’s choice of a woman surnamed Wei was to “replace” Yingluo in the records. For Yingluo to go out of the palace, Wei Mei is a very suitable candidate because of her low background and solitude, so the word "Ling" will be given to Wei Mei, and the other things are because Wei Mei has successive births, and she has successive births to Yingluo And Concubine Rong contributed a lot.When the emperor designated Nala as the imperial concubine, he was supposed to be the official envoy to announce the decree, but the emperor spared him that task, because at that time the anniversary of his sister's death was just over, and these were the emperor's special condolences to sister Rongyin.

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[The pattern of the apse of the Hall of Mental Cultivation] The emperor lived in the apse of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the south side of the east and west ends of the apse had north-south walls. Shun Hall) and the yard in front of Zhenxiang Hall (later named Yanxi Hall) are separated, and there is a door on the wall, which is the "passing door" in the novel.Therefore, the courtyards where the emperor and the concubine lived were separated and each became an independent courtyard.The Longxi Pavilion and the Zhenxiang Pavilion are of course not the main and side rooms of ordinary houses, they are both very large, including the Ming Room, the Liangshao Room and the Twice Room, but the area is smaller than the back hall of the Yangxin Hall, but the layout is the same, both It is five rooms wide.

[Kunqiu] is the hat worn by empresses and bannermen women in the Qing Dynasty in winter.Round eaves, fur as the table.The brim of the hat is upturned, the periphery is closed, and there are two long and wide silk ribbons on the back, with embroidery on them, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and triangular at the bottom.

[Historical origin] Fu Heng was the chief envoy for the imperial concubine, and Fu Heng was originally intended to announce the decree when the empress Nala was appointed as the imperial concubine, but it was not implemented, as described in the article.It wasn't until one year later when Cenara became the queen that Fu Heng completed this task.The imperial concubine's essay is the original manuscript written by Ji Yun.