Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

In the twelfth lunar month and the first month, the emperor was busy and had many ceremonial fasts, but he went to the Chuxiu Palace several times, although they only had meals and sat together.The child in her womb missed the menstruation, and she found out yesterday that she had it long before the winter solstice fast... Thinking of this, she said: If Queen Mother finds out, she must be very happy again.The emperor hummed, but was speechless.Wei Mei asked Zizai: Your Majesty, do you want Elder Brother or Gege this time?The emperor said: "Both men and women are fine."He said kissing her cheek.

Wei Mei was very sweet again, and said: Your Majesty, I feel that without Madam Nalan, I would not be where I am today. I want to thank her very much. If you allow me, I want her to come to the palace often to accompany me. And called sister Concubine Rong to go with her.The emperor was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Okay."Wei Mei was extremely happy.The emperor said: "It's late, you should rest, I'm going back."After speaking, he got off the couch and called Li Yu loudly to come in and put on his shoes.Wei Mei also hurried down, supported Xijun, and sent the emperor to the gate of the hall.The emperor said to her gently: "It's windy outside, don't come out."Wei Mei smiled and said: Yes, you go slowly.

Yilu and his wife had a granddaughter and were very happy. After the Lantern Festival, Mrs. Li went home early every afternoon.Seeing Wei Mei's joyful look, Xi Jun was very happy, and said: "My Lady, the imperial concubine, when you were in Lama Temple during the day, Rui Chang came to greet you with gifts.Rui Changzai is the daughter of Debao. Although she has not been favored by the emperor, the last time Debao asked her to stay in Chuxiu Palace to serve the concubine Ling, the emperor granted her the title of Rui Changzai, and rewarded her with a gold-plated pot White enamel dial with Chinese characters and a single-hand repeating clock.

Wei Mei nodded, and said: "I told the emperor later, let her be accepted. It's all because of me that she has delayed these days."Xi Jundao: Yes, just right, you can't serve the emperor now, she is from Chuxiu Palace after all.Wei Mei smiled and said: The emperor is for the fifth prince, otherwise, I don't think he will draft again.Xijun was very puzzled, and asked: What does it have to do with the fifth elder brother?Wei Mei didn't answer, just said: "Changing clothes."

At night, in Huazitang, the emperor told Concubine Rong that Wei Mei asked Mrs. Nalan to accompany her in the palace and agreed to it himself.Concubine Rong hugged him and said with great joy: In this way, you can also meet her.The emperor closed his eyes and said, "I see that a married woman is not in accordance with the etiquette system."Concubine Rong said: Don't let others know, and don't let Wei Mei know, the concubine will arrange it.The emperor remained silent for a while, and said, "I'm afraid Yingluo herself doesn't want to, and this time...

Since the Southern Tour, after the emperor told Concubine Rong the real identity of Mrs. Nalan, he would occasionally say Yingluo's name in front of Concubine Rong, but such times were not too many.Concubine Rong laughed and said, "Fourth Master, you're overthinking, so I won't tell you all about it. During the day, she reads the poem you gave her, so she will be happy."Li Yu said that she wrote you a lot of letters last year, talking about Journey to the West, why didn't she want to.The emperor snorted: Li Yu, a slave, will tell you everything, it's outrageous.

Concubine Rong thought to herself: Do you want to write a letter?I knew it a long time ago, but it wasn't Li Yu who told me, it was her herself!He smiled in his mouth and said: Your Majesty, Shen Bi is not angry, don't think too much, at that time, Shen Bi saw that you were a little worried because Master Fu Heng had been in a bad mood, so Director Li told Shen Bi to let Shen Bi rest assured .The emperor hummed, but did not speak.

Concubine Rong asked again: What did she write to you?The emperor said: I just went to a place, saw something interesting, heard something interesting, and ate something delicious.Concubine Rong then said coquettishly: "It's so interesting!"Shen Bi wants to see too!The emperor was very embarrassed and didn't know how to answer for a while.Concubine Rong laughed, leaned close to his ear, and said in a low voice: "Chen Bi doesn't look at it!"But just kidding, it was her letter to you, you told Chen Bi what to write, and Chen Bi has read what you wrote to her, so Chen Bi is not worried.The emperor sighed and kissed her.

After kissing for a while, Concubine Rong pushed the emperor away and said: Is that the deal?The emperor said: What?Concubine Rong said: When she enters the palace, she also sees you.The emperor pondered for a while, and said: "Don't deliberately arrange it. When she comes, if I have time to see you again, don't let people know."Concubine Rong laughed and said: "Yes, the concubine obeys the order."I thought: You must be free!At the beginning of last year, after I told the emperor to wash the blue and white flowers for Yingluo, the emperor immediately brought her a large jar with blue and white fish and algae patterns in the Yuan Dynasty. It is specially produced for the Islamic country that belongs to the Mongolian Empire, and it is specialized in export. In fact, the Mongolian nobles rarely use blue and white porcelain.

Also gave another Yuanbai glaze phoenix pattern large jar.The emperor told her that this was the Shufu glaze created in the Yuan Dynasty, which was developed on the basis of the Jingdezhen Qingbai glaze in the Song Dynasty.Yuan Shangbai, because the court did not follow the Song system to use celadon, but the Privy Council went to Jingdezhen to order white porcelain, so it was called "Private" porcelain.The pot is plump and blue, with plastic phoenix pattern pasted on the exposed part of the outer wall. The phoenix soars its neck to the sky and spreads its wings in the air.

She immediately said that she preferred the rough and vigorous temperament of Yuan porcelain, and the emperor was a little surprised. Then, the Longxi Pavilion replaced all the blue and white decorations of Ming Dynasty with blue and white of Yuan Dynasty.The emperor also brought his favorite Yuan blue and white vases with Xiao Heyue chasing Han Xin plum vases and Meng Kuo Dianbing vases to the Longxi Hall, and placed them on both sides of the large jars with fish and algae patterns on one left and one on the right.I also took the Ming blue and white Xiao Heyue chasing Han Xin vase for comparison and told her...

Just as she was thinking, the emperor had taken off the shoulder straps of her lace nightgown, and she immediately put her head on the emperor's neck, and the emperor gently stroked her bare and round snowy shoulders... The emperor liked her wearing a western nightgown very much, Pure white, beautiful lace, bare neck shoulders and arms.The skirt underneath is big, and every time the two of them have a frolic...so she often wears it.

Later, Concubine Rong hugged the emperor and asked him: Your majesty, because Shen Bi was born at such a young age, you are worried about Shen Bi, right?The emperor did not speak.Concubine Rong laughed and said: "Shen Bi swore before Allah that he would never betray you. You know, we people must never deceive Allah."The emperor still did not speak.Concubine Rong laughed again and went to kiss the emperor.The emperor felt that her lips were like oriole wet rain, and peonies were as gentle and succulent as tea, lingering on his lips, he felt comfortable all over his body and forgot everything...

For a long time, he only heard Concubine Rong say in his ear: Shen Bi will always belong to the emperor, the body belongs to the emperor, and the heart also belongs to the emperor.The hoarse voice was like the tenderness of the night, and the emperor held her tightly in his arms, tears welling up in his eyes.Seeing him like this, Concubine Rong was excited and shed tears, she said in a low voice: Your Majesty, so this is what you have been worried about.Why do you like Shen Bi so much?The emperor smiled and said: Because you are my Shen Bi.

Concubine Rong felt infinitely emotional, the name Shen Bi was given by the emperor.Everyone was wrong, the emperor, he didn't want to return to the Ministry, even though she was his deepest and strongest political achievement, he just because she was Shen Bi, his Shen Bi.It's like, he used to treat Wei Yingluo just because she was Wei Yingluo.Then she said again: Your Majesty, Shen Bi is actually jealous of Madam Nalan.The emperor laughed and said, "Why?"Concubine Rong said: Not for anything else, just because you can love someone like this.The emperor shook his head and said: I love you now.Concubine Rong laughed and said: Well, my concubine feels the same way when I see you loving my concubine. Shen Bi really didn't expect that you can love someone like this.

The emperor suddenly sighed, and said: I dote on you, and the whole world knows that the matter of Wushi is related to you. Fu Heng originally said that he should not mention the matter of the saplings in front of so many people. I want him to say it.Concubine Rong said: You are here to warn others.The emperor looked at her with affection in his eyes, and said: You and I belong to my family, so don't be confused.

Concubine Rong laughed and nodded his nose.The emperor said again: "The imperial concubine can't give it anymore, and I will tire you to be criticized and discussed."Concubine Rong shook her head and said in a low voice: Your Majesty, Shen Bi knows that in your heart, the most important thing is the country of the Qing Dynasty.You and I are husband and wife, your affairs are mine affairs, the emperor is criticized and discussed, Shen Bi naturally wants to accompany him.Shen Bi didn't care what others said.Wei Mei is not because you gave it to the imperial concubine.

The emperor was noncommittal, and said: You two are fine.Hearing the difference in his tone, Concubine Rong laughed again: Why are you not happy about Shen Bi getting close to the woman?The emperor said: Don't mention other people in front of me.Concubine Rong said: What about Madam Nalan?The emperor said: She is not from the palace, it is you who keep mentioning her.Concubine Rong's eyebrows were affectionate, she smiled lightly, and said angrily: "You are like this. Only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps. It's too overbearing!"

Later, she looked at the sleeping emperor and thought: If he really wants to embarrass Fu Heng this time, how will I treat him?Then he smiled happily and said in his heart: He will never do it, he loves Fu Heng himself.

Although she "doesn't understand" the affairs of the court, she doesn't need to "understand", but no one understands the emperor's thoughts for those close to him better than her, and she understands better than Li Yu now.Aisha also asked herself recently, Fu Heng, who would not "love" him? !Li Yu once showed him one of the emperor's criticisms: "After the master of economics gets up, it's not comfortable to handle affairs in the military aircraft department." She still remembered it firmly, how could the emperor leave Fu Heng? !

And Li Yu said that the emperor had a bad face when he saw others alluding to the impeachment of Fu Heng, and the object of his bad face was not Fu Heng, although he was naturally annoyed at Fu Heng's arbitrariness.After she arrived in the palace, she learned that Fu Heng entered the palace as a companion at the age of six and has been accompanying the emperor all the time. It is such a deep relationship. If her own children make mistakes, how can outsiders be allowed to intervene, let alone the emperor's temper.At the beginning, if I cared, I would be chaotic...

On the second day, in the worship room of Longxi Pavilion, Concubine Rong unlocked the floor cabinet and took out a small locked box from it.Inside was a bright blue feathered arrow, exactly the one that Huo Jizhan shot on her sedan chair that day, and it has not faded for so many years.She held it in her hand, looked at it carefully for a while, put the feather arrow aside, opened the interlayer of the box, took out a piece of folded paper, and unfolded it. On it was her handwriting many years ago. At that time, her Chinese characters were not as good as now. well written -

情 也 成空 挥手袖 底风

幽幽 一 缕香飘 在 深深 梦 中

明月 小楼 孤独 人 诉情衷

任 多少 深情 独向 寂寞

She read these sentences in a low voice, then smiled and said: How are you today?I am here to accompany you again.

That day, after Huo Jizhan died, she wrote this note and put it together with the feather arrow in this box.If she doesn't go out, she will take it out to have a look almost every day when she worships.Because she always stays alone in the small room and locks the door during worship, and it is the same in Yuanmingyuan Tiandijiachun.Sometimes, she would talk about herself to Feather Arrow, just like telling an old friend.This is her secret, even Elsa doesn't know it.

On this day, she finally told him that her former sweetheart was Fu Heng. She also took out a folded two-page letter from her bosom and read it slowly. It was written by Fu Heng to Cheng Hao after the incident. her long letter.Then he said to Yu Jian with a smile: "If you live in a high temple, you will worry about its people; if you live far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about its king", you know?The name Shen Bi also comes from "The Story of Yueyang Tower".I naturally want to fulfill my wish for him, just like I am well now, as you wish.Then he told about Wushi, because this big event happened in Huijiang, and the dust finally settled, and finally said: Fu Heng, he let us go back to Xinjiang to be peaceful, this is what you want to see, right?

The sentences she wrote for Huo Jizhan were written in a Ming Dynasty engraved book.The engraved book was given to her by her Chinese master, because it is easy to understand, to help her study.It only contains some scattered vernacular sentences. According to the master, this book was dug out from his family's collection of books, and the author and editor are unknown.

If she doesn't go out, she will continue to take Chinese classes.Since Fu Heng quoted those two sentences in the letter, she asked the master, read the whole "Yueyang Tower", and knew that "Shen Bi" came from here.I remembered Fu Heng once said to her, "This is a good name".Then I often read that block letter, and even the emperor was amazed, saying that her Chinese characters were getting better and better, and Sinology was getting better and better. She wrote such a profound article, and she said her name was in it. Of course, I couldn't let the emperor down. The emperor rewarded her Chinese master and gave her a blue and white "Yueyang Tower" flat pot.

She likes the oblate pot very much, and it depicts the story of "Lu Dongbin Gets Drunk in Yueyang Tower Three Times".The emperor told her that "Lu Dongbin Three Drunken Yueyang Tower" was a drama written by Ma Zhiyuan in the Yuan Dynasty.It mainly describes the story of Lu Dongbin who went to Yueyang Tower for three times and enlightened the willow essence and the white plum blossom essence to become immortals.In front of Yueyang's high attic, a group of immortals gathered, playing fairy music, and a woman downstairs made a crying complaint.The official ship on the nearby river is docked, Lu Dongbin is riding the auspicious cloud in the sky, and the willow tree spirit is facing him.There is a poem written on one side: "Come to meet and see off the Hefeng World Alliance. The soul is like a crane. In the future, it will go to the Yuanzhen Realm. The title is Guixiang." Especially moving.In the picture, apart from the Eight Immortals, Plum Blossom Essence and Willow Essence, there are several fishermen and passengers on the fishing boat.

She also often read "Aunt Gongsun Dances with Swords" written by the emperor. She said she liked this poem, so the emperor taught the court painter to imitate the style of Chen Hongshou, a great master of the Ming Dynasty, and drew a line drawing for her. The sword energy of the two long swords is vertical and horizontal, as if they are about to walk out of the painting, even the emperor praised the vividness after seeing it.

After that afternoon in Yujingyuan, Fu Heng was in her heart, the same as before, yet different.

Early in the morning on the fifth day of February, Yingluo took a girl to Changchun Garden.Grandma Liu was overjoyed to see her coming, and Yingluo gave her the baby egg, which was tacit understanding.

Yingluo presented to the Queen Mother the Suzhou Embroidery Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara Thangka that she had been making since she gave birth to Jiang Jiang. She said that she followed the draft given by the emperor and consulted with the master. It took a long time to weave and embroider in parallel, so it was not completed until now. .The queen mother was very happy, she praised her with a smile, and said with a smile: Back then you embroidered Avalokitesvara with blue silk, but now such a complicated thangka is even more rare. Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye, you have three children.

Yingluo hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "It's all thanks to the Empress Dowager's kindness. Yingluo will never forget it. You gave rewards to Long'er and Jiang Jiang during the three major festivals. Yingluo should have entered the palace to thank you, but she was outside for almost a year last year. Autumn It is inconvenient to go out after coming back, and I came to see you late today, please make amends, how have you been?The queen mother smiled and said: good, good!get up!Ask Nanny Liu to hang the embroidered statue on the scroll in her Buddhist room.And asked her how the girl was.Yingluo thought to herself: The Queen Mother still likes girls!

The author has something to say:

[August Osmanthus Fragrance Lyrics] "Love is empty..." is an excerpt from the theme lyrics of the old drama "August Osmanthus Fragrance".

Supplement the narration [Gold Book and Gold Seal] of the previous chapter.In the Qing Dynasty, it was called the annals recording the history of the country or the canonization edict made of gold foil. The gold book originated from the term used when the Qing Dynasty canonized the first lama in our country.When the emperor grants titles to vassals, princes, clans, concubines, and meritorious officials, certain ceremonies are held to read the imperial edict granting titles to the recipients.This kind of edict is called "Che Wen", or "Ce" for short.After the reading, the book together with the seal will be awarded to the person to be sealed, which is called canonization.The etiquette of the Empress of the Qing Dynasty is called booklet, and the rest are called canon seals. The queen, the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine, the prince, and the prince's sons are all gold books and gold treasures (seals). The concubine has a gold book but no seal, and the eldest son of the county king, Baylor, Beizi, and the princess, county king, county king, and county king all use paper books.

The word "Heshuo" comes from Manchu, meaning "one side".In the early Qing Dynasty, there were eight Heshuobiles, referring to the tribal leaders in all directions.In the rank of knighthood in the Qing Dynasty, Prince Heshuo is the first-class title, and only the princes and brothers can obtain this title.The Qing Dynasty stipulated that the emperor's seal was called a seal or treasure, and its materials were various, including gold, wood, jade, stone, etc.The seals of empress dowager, empress, imperial concubine, prince, and son are all made of gold, called gold treasures. The empress dowager and empress gold treasures are all third-class red gold. Campbell uses [-]% gold.