Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Concubine Rong and Yingluo talked for a while before going to Chuxiu Palace together.Seeing the two of them coming together, Wei Mei chatted happily, and called Rui often together, and the four of them played mahjong.Yingluo had learned it in the palace early in the morning, but it had been shelved for many years before Concubine Rong started to learn it.The bone mahjong is quite exquisite, with ivory as the face and bamboo wood back. "phoenix".Mrs. Li was also very happy watching from the sidelines, the imperial concubine did not know that Madam Nalan was the former concubine Ling, this is good for everyone.

Not long after, Caiyun came and said that what she brought was a gift from Concubine Rong to Mrs. Nalan.Li Shijian is a copper cloisonné enamel hand stove, which is made into a hollowed out begonia flower shape, and the pattern of flowers and butterflies is engraved on it. It is colorful, exquisite and luxurious, and it is endlessly praised.Yingluo laughed secretly, and knelt down to take it. This was actually a reward from the emperor earlier, and he thought her hand stove was too plain.Concubine Rong was also smiling at the side.

Imperial Concubine Ling also rewarded two things, and Yingluo liked them very much.

Following Concubine Rong, she admired a pair of copper-bodied cloisonné enamel moon-holding vases.On both sides of the bottle neck, there are cloud-shaped bottle ears, and the whole body is decorated with enamel. The belly of the bottle body is consecrated and painted "Gyeonggi Ruixue Picture". The snow-covered pavilions and snow-capped roofs are very eye-catching. The characteristics of the father and son "Golden and Green Landscape" school, the body of the vessel is covered with black glaze, which is dense and beautiful.

A flat gold-painted oriental pencil case, about one foot long.The box is rectangular with Japanese corners, and the inside and outside are covered with pear ground. The lid, box wall, and inner bottom are skillfully integrated with the two techniques of flat maki-e and high maki-e. The Japanese landscape is depicted on the pear ground, and combined Techniques such as halo and gold cutting are used to express details.Brilliant and pleasing to the eye.

After lunch in Chuxiu Palace, Yingluo left the palace to go home.When I got home, I found out that Li Yu had come in person again and gave me two things.She was very surprised. Looking at the thing, there was a string of emerald tourmaline beads, and the label said: "Women's wear".And an inkstone, the sign reads "Queen Songhua Stone Inkstone".

Chaozhu is made of top-grade jadeite, which is made of 27 emerald beads, and every [-] pieces are pierced with a deep red tourmaline bead. Its diameter is about twice as large as that of Chaozhu. The four seasons rotate, the "Buddha Head Pagoda" is tied with a yellow wide ribbon, and the "Back Cloud" is made of gold filigree craftsmanship, with rubies embedded on it, which is very bright.

Songhua stone inkstone is one of the four famous stone inkstones in ancient times, which is as famous as Duan inkstone, She inkstone, and red silk inkstone. It was loved by the emperor when it was a holy ancestor, and was accepted by the emperor as a special royal product for the court.The inkstone is oval in shape, the inkstone field is like the sea, and the pool is like the first moon. It is the most famous "sea and sky first moon" inkstone style since ancient times.The body of the inkstone is delicate and green, with a round seal engraved on the middle: "Qianlong Qingwan", and a square seal engraved on the bottom: "Foster Three Selflessly", obviously it has been used several times.The inkstone box is made of the same purple and green inkstone, the inkstone cover is green, and the inkstone holder is purple, elegant and elegant.

She laughed, this is the emperor thanking her for writing so many letters to him along the way, and rewarding her with his beloved. Today he is still angry with himself, and he is trying to comfort him. It would be over the limit for a married woman to use a yellow sash to wear court beads in public when she dresses up, but she will use it if he gives it to her.Pearl said that he gave Mr. Li ten taels of silver as usual, and Yingluo gave him two snuff bottles, a tortoiseshell snuff bottle and an ivory carved snuff bottle. Yingluo nodded.

That night, when Fu Heng came back, he saw Yingluo painting in front of the desk.After Pearl changed him into a beige uniform, he went over to have a look.I saw a concubine's smile lychee branching obliquely on the rice paper. The branches and leaves were veined with light ink, and the color was applied with light yellow and green. The finished lychees are rich in layers, full of juice, vivid and attractive.After Yingluo was out of confinement, she invited a painter, so she told about the meeting with the emperor during the day and the rewards.

Fu Heng took the white porcelain red lotus and green leaf tea bowl, sat on the chair behind her, half pushed the lid, lowered his eyes, gently blew on the water, smiled and said nothing.Yingluo drew another lychee fruit, and then she understood, she put down her pen, and hit Fu Heng on the shoulder. Fu Heng laughed, with sparkling eyes, and said repeatedly, "Don't make trouble, the water is hot!"Don't make trouble!Yingluo feigned anger and said: You will be burned to death!Keep hitting him with your little hands.Fu Heng couldn't stop laughing, quickly put down the tea bowl, and pulled her into his arms.

On the second day at Changchun Pharmacy, Ye Tianshi quietly told Yingluo that he was going to have another child in autumn.Yingluo was very surprised.Ye Tianshi blushed, and said: My old wife and I didn't expect that either.Ye Tianshi's son is named Ye Yizhang, he is fifteen years old now, and now he comes to the pharmacy to study medicine with his father every day after private school, and Ye Tianshi is not yet fifty, and his wife is not yet forty, but the couple have only one child for many years. son.Yingluo immediately congratulated Dr. Ye cheerfully, saying that the pharmacy would be closed early in the afternoon, and that everyone would have dinner together to celebrate, and she also said that she hoped that Dr. Ye would have a daughter.

Ye Tianshi chuckled, and said: "The old tree is blooming, and the celebration is unnecessary. I haven't thanked the girl and the adults for taking me on a tour yet."But the old wife also said that she was going to give birth to a girl. Jiang Jiang and the girl from the fifth elder brother's family are so beautiful!But my family is still like an old wife!Yingluo smiled and said: "It's inevitable, it's inevitable!"Absolutely no way!Let me be the host and ask Zuiyuelou to deliver food to the store, so everyone can feel more at ease.It's really Feng Shui's turn, and it went to you!It's a happy event for the emperor to let you go to the west for a tour!Tell him back and he'll be happy for you too!

That night, the owner of the pharmacy and all the staff, including Yingluo, Rongrong, and Aisha who came from home specially, put together a long table, which was full of people. Everyone toasted Ye Tianshi and his son. The atmosphere was so lively !After returning home, Yingluo told Fu Heng that this incident is an excellent omen, which indicates that the empress dowager and the emperor's mother and child affairs will be resolved satisfactorily.

Five days later, the emperor received Yingluo's letter. On Nuoda's pastel letter paper, there were only two flying scripts "Already Asked", and the title and signature were omitted.When the emperor saw it, he couldn't help but feel angry, and cursed in a low voice: Scoundrel!But he didn't want to ask or know, so he put the letter on hold.

Suddenly at the end of February, the emperor had a day off and closed the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Yong Qi and Yi Boer came to the palace early in the morning to pay their respects. Concubine Rong also called Concubine Qing and Fu Kang'an for lunch.Because of the large number of people, Yongqi told Yiboer not to be brave when she was at home, because she couldn't cook for so many people by herself.Ybor wanted to do a good job, but he just laughed and said that the big table for the queen mother was enough for so many people, so it was just as it should be, anyway, there are as many people as necessary.

Yongqi and the emperor were talking in the study, and Concubine Rong curiously went to the opposite imperial kitchen to watch Ibor cook.

Yiboer wrapped his head with a cloth and wore an apron. He ordered the pork to be cut into cubes and burned until golden brown; he also taught the seasoning and cooked it in a pot;Then he taught how to fry fish, make tofu, mix spinach, cook fresh mushroom soup, etc., and put them in a copper-gold fire bowl and cover them.The kitchen was steaming and full of aromas. Concubine Rong rarely saw such fireworks and felt very fresh.

The table was full again, and there were also all kinds of pastries brought from the Prince's Mansion, which were served on plates with a seawater dragon pattern in bucket colors. Cotyledon pastry, cooked soybean noodles Saqima, golden silk cake spread with sesame, green and red loofah seeds, etc.Everyone was dazzled by the sight, Fukang'an kept swallowing, and the emperor praised him again and again, and even rewarded Li Yu with some.Li Yu also praised the deliciousness.Ybor said that the pastry was made by Hu Jiajia at home.

After a lively meal, everyone sat and drank tea. Seeing that the emperor mentioned the drenched cake many times, Yiboer explained the method in detail: Stir the glutinous rice noodles evenly and loosely, then scoop them into a cloth bag, make the drenched cake The finished juice is dripped into the container below, poured, steamed on the basket, and then cut into cubes or prismatic pieces, which can be eaten alone or dipped in honey and sugar.

The emperor nodded with a smile, and said: Rongyin likes rice cakes with rice noodles the most, and Mingyu used to make the best ones.Everyone was silent.Yi Boer smiled and said: Your Majesty, what do you think of this cake made by sister Jiajia?She has no purpose not to enter the palace, so she didn't come today.The emperor nodded and said: Good!Yi Boer said: "Then teach my sister to make it all year round and put it on the altar of the former empress. It is lighter than rice cakes. What do you think?"

The emperor's eyes lit up, and he said happily: Good!Just do it!Everyone immediately felt the atmosphere relaxed.Concubine Rong said with a smile: The emperor's favorite gold silk cake, you often make it and send it in.Yongqi and Yiboer hurriedly said: Yes.Concubine Rong asked the other two what they liked. Concubine Qing said it was Saqima, Fukang'an said it was sanzi, and Yiboer said that they would often send it together.Concubine Rong looked at her with a smile and said: Don't be tired, the queen mother is pointing at her great-grandson!Said and glanced at the emperor.Seeing her talking in front of everyone, Yiboer blushed immediately, Yongqi held her hand, and Concubine Qing also laughed.

The emperor gave Yibor a Yanxi made by the former emperor, and praised her craftsmanship and intention, and asked her to bring two rewards back to Wu Fujin and Hu Jiajia.The powder green glaze is applied along the whole body of the wash, and the color is even.This is the "style of respectful construction in the inner court" proposed by the first emperor, repeatedly emphasizing "fineness" and "elegance", and even caring about the specific style and color of each utensil.This Yanxi reflects a strong admiration for ancient times, but compared with the works of official kilns in the Southern Song Dynasty, such as the Shennong statue made by Fu Heng, it is less clear and more rigorous.

Yiboer and Yongqi knelt down to thank each other.The emperor gestured to Li Yu with his eyes.Li Yu laughed and said, "Fifth prince and Gege are flat, and the emperor called out."

After the two got up, Concubine Rong ordered Yi Boer to come in next time and wait for herself and Concubine Ling.Yong Qi and Fu Kang'an talked for a while, and when they were leaving, Yong Qi told Concubine Rong Qing that Fu Kang'an had grown up better again, and they were both very happy.

After everyone dispersed, the emperor and Concubine Rong lay on the couch.Under the bright window, Concubine Rong untied her hair, and the emperor stroked it with her hands.Concubine Rong saw that he was focused and relaxed, and said: Your Majesty, are you happy today?The emperor gave a "hmm" and said: No wonder Yongqi likes the girl from Guan Bao's family. The painting she drew for you before is also good. Did you hang it up?Concubine Rong said with a smile: Well, I hang it in my east room, it is the children's filial piety, of course I have to hang it.This girl was chosen by you for Yongqi, and she was chosen well.Tired of delicious delicacies, the Queen's mother likes such home-cooked dishes, but it's a pity that Shen Bi can't cook.

The emperor said absently: Who wants you to cook!You are not allowed to go to the kitchen to be contaminated with oily fumes, you now have smoke in your hair.Concubine Rong knew that he was picky, so she smiled and said, "How long has it been since you saw Queen Mother?"Every time Shen Bi went, the Queen Mother didn't ask, but Shen Bi knew how much she missed you.

The emperor was silent.Concubine Rong stretched out her hands to grab his neck, the emperor laid her down on her back, she held the emperor's face and said: "Your Majesty, just to make my concubines feel better, you went to see the Empress, okay?"The emperor didn't answer, but buried her head in her shoulders and neck, so she pushed the emperor again, the emperor looked sleepy and said vaguely: "Okay."Concubine Rong pulled the quilt over, and the two took a nap, the emperor asked Concubine Rong to wash her hair, so she dragged the emperor into the bathroom together.

The emperor rested for a day, and Fu Heng also asked for leave, and took Yingluo to live in another courtyard on the outskirts of Dongcheng.After returning from Yili that year, because Fu Heng mentioned in a letter that Rong Yin and him went out to drink hot noodle soup at the farmhouse, Yingluo taught and set up this manor. Vegetables are grown in the garden, chickens and fish are raised, and a few servants are responsible for cleaning and running errands.No one here knows the true identities of the couple, they only know that their surname is Zhuang, and they call them Young Master and Grandma.The couple will come to live when they have free time, but there are not many times like this. Apart from Fu Heng's official business, they also have to take their children and family out together.

It was still cold at this time, but Yingluo wanted to sit on the bark swing in the yard and asked Fu Heng to push him.Then read: "Peach and apricot are faintly fragrant. Who is on the swing, whispering with a smile. Every inch of love is full of emotions, and there is no place for arrangement in the world."Fu Heng laughed: Tao Xing didn't see it, it's true that the weather is cold.After swinging twice, he hugged her into the house.

At noon, the old couple cooked pickled delicacies and two fresh fish from the pool for them. They sat on the table by the window, boiled hot wine with the silver-fired blue wine warmer they brought, and ate to their heart's content.This pot was bought at the Erqin market in Seke that year, and it consists of an inner pot and a jacket.The outer coat is hexagonal prism, with a foot under each hexagon, and the inner pot is cylindrical.The six sides of the coat are engraved with patterns of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum respectively, and painted with burnt blue enamel.

But Yingluo felt that scalding the wine with water was not enough, so she went to the kitchen and set up a small stove, added charcoal, took out the liner and put it on the shelf, opened the window, faced the wind, and scalded the wine instantly.Just closed the window, poured out the wine, stood up, offered it to Fu Heng with both hands, and said respectfully: Then pour the hot wine on a glass, and give it to Mr. Fu Heng!Fu Heng took it with a smile, and said, "Thank you, madam!And then all at once.Yingluo took the wine glass, poured one, stood up again, offered it to Fu Heng with both hands, and said respectfully: "This second cup, I offer it to my lord!"Fu Heng took it with a smile again, looked at her, and swallowed it up, knowing that she was commemorating the "hot pot in the cold night" back then.

Later, when I went to bed and took a rest, I mentioned that Yongqi and Yongqi entered the palace today.As soon as Fu Heng heard it, he knew that Yingluo specially instructed Yingluo to pour the cake. Yingluo smiled and said, "Yi Boer and Hu Jiajia showed their faces in front of the emperor again!"Fu Heng hugged her and said, "Did you tell Hu Gege to learn this well just for today?"

Yingluo hummed, and said: When Shen Bi came to the mansion during the Chinese New Year, he said that the emperor thought that the glutinous rice cakes on the table offered by his sister were not the original taste, and they hadn't served them for many years. Alas, because Mingyu left... I think cooking rice cakes Trouble, I heard that Yiboer said that Hu Jiajia was learning how to make dumplings, so I asked Hu Jiajia to see what kind of glutinous rice cakes are convenient. Tell the emperor, he will definitely replace this as a sacrifice...

There is a charcoal pot burning on the floor of the house, and the smell of fresh sawdust from the matches sticks still lingers in the air. The tent hangs down, "The air is clear and fragrant, and the skin is moist and jade-like. Proximity to the shoulders. Faint orchid breasts, bean sprouts are evenly distributed, and the fat is thickened with a dark fragrance. It looks like Luoluo green leaves, new weeping tung seeds, full of purple medicine, and a lotus pod at first glance."The couple stayed warm in the room for half a day, and then had a good night's sleep before getting up to take a bath with a big vat of hot soup.

The author has something to say:

The few vernacular sentences recorded by Yingluo are excerpts from the lyrics of "Once upon a time there was a mountain of spirit sword".

Because there are a lot of narration in this chapter, I started to post it in advance. The following content is actually the explanation of the second section.

[Ting sent the edict, one of the operations of the conference and military aircraft office] Since Yongzheng, the important government orders of the Qing Dynasty were mainly conveyed in two ways: one is the emperor's Zhu Zhu in the minister's memorial; the other is another written edict .Zhu Zhu is written by the emperor himself, and it tends to be colloquial, and the content is relatively simple.The upper edict is partly a long reply to the memorial—Zhu’s comments cannot be fully written, so a separate purpose must be drafted; the other part is to announce a certain decree, not necessarily for a specific memorial.Zhu Zhu's criticism is not as neat as the Shangyu in terms of style, and the content is not as detailed as the Shangyu.However, in the early days of the rise of memorials, that is, the Kangyong era, the monarchs often favored this kind of direct dialogue and long Zhu Zhu.

After the mid-Qing Dynasty, the role of the Military Aircraft Office gradually became more prominent. Any slightly complicated opinions were dictated to the general idea by the monarch, and handed over to the Minister of Military Aircraft and Military Aircraft Zhangjing for drafting, and then issued by the monarch after review.The court post drafted by the Minister of Military Aircraft is based on the expansion of Zhu's approval, so the Minister of Military Aircraft and Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft must be well-educated people.The Military Aircraft Department belongs to the inner court, and it is only responsible for handling the memorials to the emperor, which is a secret discussion.The Hanlin Academy and other departments proposed to write this chapter, imperial edicts, including Di Bao, etc., that is, public government documents.

Apart from imperial edicts, edicts, orders, edicts and other documents that focus on etiquette and foreign affairs, the edicts related to daily government orders can be divided into three categories, all of which were drafted by the Military Aircraft Department and had a fixed format, which was created and perfected by Zhang Tingyu.The first category is the public "Mingfa", the format is "the cabinet issued an edict on a certain date...".The second type is the "Ting Ji" sent to a specific object. The format is "Military Aircraft Minister's word to someone, and a certain year, month, and day to send an order...". The recipient of the court mail is the Military Aircraft Minister. Send directly to the relevant responsible person, who is usually in other places.The third type is called "Jiao Pian", and the object is the yamen of the Ministry of Central Beijing.Handing over the film is a kind of document written by the Military Aircraft Department, but it is actually an edict conveyed by the Military Aircraft Department to the Beijing Central Ministry.

Regardless of whether it is Zhu Zhu or the court sent an edict, it is the embodiment of the will of the monarch: Needless to say, the personal Zhu Zhu Gu, the Mingfa, the court sent, and the edict drafted by the Military Aircraft Department, the cabinet and the Military Aircraft Department mentioned in it are just orders. The unit, and the person who gives the order is undoubtedly the monarch.Both Zhu Zhu and Shangyu are confidential documents of the inner court and must not be made public.Military Aircraft Zhang Jing is led by the Minister of Military Aircraft and is an assistant official. His status and ability are far inferior to the Minister of Military Aircraft, but he has done a lot of practical writing work.Interestingly, one of the important criteria in the selection of Junji Zhangjing is the person's calligraphy. People with good handwriting have an advantage. Many people are dissatisfied with this, and feel that it has put an end to the path of real talents.Wang Chengpei recommended by Fu Heng can be said to be a perfect example of Zhang Jing.

The model of the Military Aircraft Department was regarded by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty as a magic weapon to avoid power from being left behind, and they were quite proud of the superior system.But in fact, many of the emperor's Zhu criticisms were based on the "discussion" (short)/"discussion" (long) of the Minister of Military Affairs, that is, the inner court first made an opinion on the memorial, and then the emperor copied it or changed it.This kind of informal "discussion piece"/"discussion reply" is only circulated between the cabinet and the emperor.Therefore, the Military Aircraft Department and the Military Aircraft Minister system in the Qing Dynasty began in the late Yongzheng period and fully matured in the early Qianlong Dynasty. In fact, they were the real decision-making organs of the country.What the emperor needs is the convenience and absolute power of controlling the cabinet. The emperor does not often change the details of government affairs, and the emperor relies heavily on military aircraft.

Many of Yongzheng's Zhu criticisms are the true expression of his heart, which is very interesting.But since the Qianlong Dynasty, Zhu Zhu has been a kind of institutionalized cliché, such as "Lan", "I know", "The Ministry discusses", "Another purpose", "Single concurrent", "Single Liulan", "The Minister of Military Aircraft discusses playing" and so on. Behind this kind of cliché is the consensus between the Military Aircraft Department and the emperor. The emperor does not want to be arbitrary, so the emperor will not directly express his thoughts in the Zhu Zhu.This has something to do with Qianlong's personality. Unlike his father Yongzheng, he was tired of specific administrative affairs, so the Military Aircraft Department must operate efficiently and make all arrangements properly.

The memorial system developed from the secret papers of the Kangxi Dynasty. Starting from the Qianlong Dynasty, officials at all levels could submit memorials to the emperor, resulting in a mountain of memorials on the emperor's case, and the real effect was to expand and strengthen the influence of the Military Aircraft Department on the government. .The indirect effect is that the emperor's thoughts are hidden, most people don't know what he is thinking, and it is more difficult to figure out the holy will.