Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

This evening, in Chengqian Palace, the queen received a secret letter.When Zhen'er gave it to her, she knew it was a letter from Hong Zhou.She unfolded it, and couldn't help being a little surprised. After reading it carefully, she closed the paper and asked Zhen'er to take it to the fire.Seeing her serious expression, Zhener asked: Madam, what happened?When Fujin came during the day, why didn't Prince He let her bring it?The queen was noncommittal, and said: "It's okay, it's too reckless with the prince. Fortunately, the emperor didn't find any clues."

Zhen'er couldn't understand, and said: "What did the prince do?"The queen shook her head and said: "It's okay, don't ask more questions."After a while, you ask someone to send a message to him, and tell him that it is my intention to tell him not to act rashly again. His temper is still impatient... It has been so many years, and there is no rush for this moment.Sighed in my heart: It turned out that it was because of this incident that the woman saw the light. No wonder the emperor would do this at this time, but this move made her cheaper... When he was young, Yuan Chunwang came in and said to Nala: "Go back to the queen!" Empress, the death anniversary of Princess An has been arranged.The queen smiled, and the two exchanged a look.

I heard someone outside say: Concubine Jia brought eleven elder brothers to greet the empress.The queen called in.Concubine Jia walked in holding Yong Xing who was not yet four years old, greeted the queen herself, and asked Yong Xing to kowtow to the queen.Yongxing knelt down and said: "Yongxing pays respects to Huang Erniang, the emperor's mother is blessed and safe."Nala quickly laughed and said, "Get up, Zhen'er, and bring some fruit to Brother Eleven."After Yong Xing got up, he went to Concubine Jia's side, and Zhen'er picked out fresh fruits for him.

Concubine Jia said: Empress, my concubine is happy to see that you are finally getting better.Nala said: "During this time, you have come to visit this palace every day, you really have a heart."Brother Eleven and us have been together for one year, so we should often play together.Concubine Jia got up immediately and wanted to kowtow to thank, Nala said: "Sister, please sit down."Concubine Jia sat down and said: Empress Empress, you treat people generously, and Liugong should let someone like you preside over it.

Seeing her low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, Nala saw a small black mole under her right eye, which added to her beauty and charm, and said: "You are all a mother-in-law, so why worry about it? I see, you are like me now." In the same way, these years, your temper has become much calmer, so you are lucky to have Yongxing.Concubine Jia said: What you said is that with Yongxing, the courtiers and concubines are also satisfied.You have been helping our Jin family to take care of the fourth elder brother. The Jin family will never forget your kindness.The fourth elder brother is raised by you, it is his good luck, and my sister can rest assured that she is underground.

Nala smiled and said: "Look at what you said, Yongxie is the emperor's son. At that time your sister left, and a child who lost his mother at such a young age is so pitiful. Naturally, I must take good care of him."Concubine Jia said: At that time, there were so many concubines in the palace, the emperor gave you the fourth elder brother alone, just because he thought that your empress was suitable and tolerant, and he really valued you, and later on, you became the master of the sixth palace.

Nala said: This is also the luck that Yongxuan brought to this palace.Concubine Jia hurriedly said: Madam, that's not what concubines mean.Nala smiled and said: "Sister thinks too much, this is just talking casually."Concubine Jia said, "Your Majesty, you treat people very well."The concubine has been in the palace for these years, and she only obeys you.Nala said: In the early years, sister, you were young and angry, and didn't want to be fooled by that... But the emperor finally understood that some clever people will not last long.

Concubine Jia said: Your Majesty, back then...he had an affair with Mr. Fu Heng and lied to the emperor together. The concubines really couldn't stand it and stood up for the sisters, but the emperor still turned to her.The emperor was only blinded for a while, he knew it well, she fell out of favor not long after, and finally died of illness, the emperor didn't even bother to take a look.Nala said with a smile: "This palace understands everything."It's just that this year, I see that you have really cultivated your body and mind, so it must be for Yongxing.As he spoke, he asked Zhen'er to take Brother Eleven to play.

Concubine Jia knew in her heart what she was going to order, and said: Your Majesty, this Baoyue Tower, the concubine also can't see it, but if you look at the concubine, you can bear it, what else will the concubine say.Nala said: Concubine Rong is a woman from a foreign race, her whereabouts are a little off, the queen mother and her elders are willing to be tolerant, but I just told my palace to fulfill the responsibility of the queen's teaching and control.So Ben Gong thought, let her teach her a little lesson.Concubine Jia heard this meaning, she wanted to impress Concubine Rong, hesitated for a while, and said: "Madam, do you know what the emperor means?"

Nala said indifferently: Everything I do is for the emperor.After hearing this, Concubine Jia became suspicious. Concubine Rong is now in favor, even if the Empress Dowager wanted to touch her, she would have to worry about the Emperor, so she didn't speak for a while.Nala said softly: Don't be afraid, I will never do something to her on purpose, just punish her slightly, otherwise I will be the first to fall when the emperor is there.Concubine Jia hurriedly said: I understand that I will obey my mother's orders when the time comes.

Concubine Jia came out of Chengqian Palace, thinking all the way, Yong Xing said: Er Niang, hello Aunt Zhen'er, let's come here to play again next time, okay?Concubine Jia touched his head, and said: Okay, if Yongxing is obedient, Erniang will bring you back.For a moment I thought: Since the emperor didn't speak, it would be difficult to impress Concubine Rong, and it would be difficult for me to be in the middle. Thinking of this, I asked someone to send my son back to my Chuxiu Palace, and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation by myself.Seeing her coming, Desheng hadn't seen her for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects, and said with a smile: Empress Jiafei, it's unfortunate that you came, the emperor is not here.Concubine Jia thought to herself: Li Yu is not here. Hearing that the emperor will not deal with political affairs at night after the new year, she must have gone to Baoyue Tower again. She felt jealous for a while, so she said a few words to Desheng and left.

The emperor and Li Yu are at Concubine Shu's Zhongcui Palace.The emperor has not been here for a long time, Concubine Shu is very happy, playing the piano and chess with the emperor, and admiring the potted flowers she planted.Seeing her happy appearance, the emperor said: You just can't hide what's on your mind.Concubine Shu smiled and said: The emperor is here, and the concubines are happy, what are you hiding?The courtiers and concubines are not like some people, they are obviously happy in their hearts, but they still show airs to the emperor.The emperor said: Who are you talking about?Concubine Shu hurriedly said: No, the concubine is talking nonsense.The emperor said: Last time, your family did a good job, and I will reward you well later.

Concubine Shu hurriedly said: The concubine's family should do things for the emperor, but they dare not receive rewards. The concubine is already the fourth concubine, and the concubine's younger brother, the emperor, has already been given the vice capital. Both Er Niang and Ama thanked the emperor for his kindness.Ama has already retired to take care of her life, our Nalan family is what the emperor says, we will do.The emperor nodded in satisfaction, and said: You did a good job this time, you didn't make any noise in advance.Concubine Shu blushed, and said: Your majesty, look at you, the concubine is not a Shu noble who just entered the palace, you have to change people.The emperor said: So, this is still mine, isn't it?Concubine Shu said coyly: Your Majesty, please stop teasing your concubines.The emperor smiled and brought tea.

Concubine Shu said again: Your Majesty, my concubine, I want to tell you something.The emperor looked at her.Concubine Shu flinched under the emperor's gaze, and then said: This concubine is not jealous, but you are not good to Concubine Rong's sister if you keep going to Baoyue Tower.The emperor held the lid of the tea bowl, stroked it lightly, and said, "What do you know?"Concubine Shu looked around, and the emperor signaled Li Yu to go down.There was no one else in the room, so Concubine Shu said in a low voice: In the past few days, Concubine Rong didn't come to the empress's morning meeting, and the concubine got angry looking at her.The emperor pondered and said: You mean the queen... Concubine Shu hurriedly said: The empress has a good temper, but Concubine Rong doesn't know the rules. It was said that she was able to walk a long time ago after being diagnosed by the hospital, and everyone was talking about it.

The emperor said: Then you mean that when I always go to Baoyue Tower, she will not obey the rules?Concubine Shu said: Your majesty, of course you will not spoil her, but she has only entered the palace not long ago, so she is used to being free outside, so it is possible for her to slack off for a while.The emperor said: "Okay, then I will go and remind her."Concubine Shu said: Your majesty, you can't say that it was the concubine who said it. If the empress finds out, she will blame the concubine for chewing her tongue.The emperor said: "Okay, I won't say anything, just come and tell me what's going on later."After hearing this, Concubine Shu felt that the relationship between herself and the emperor would become closer, she was overjoyed, she knelt down and said: "The concubine obeys the order."

The Muslim mosque is opposite Baoyue Tower, facing each other across Chang'an Avenue.In the afternoon, Yingluo's master and servant came by car, got off the car in the alley across the street, and then walked to the opposite side.Next to Yingluo were Xiao Quanzi and Pearl in back clothes, and more than 20 guards brought from Chunshu Alley. These people were dressed in civilian clothes. Spreading out, watching Yingluo's master and servant walking towards the mosque across the street from all directions.

This mosque has only been built for less than three months. It is brand new, bright, white all over, solemn and solemn.It occupies quite a large area, surrounded by high walls, and thin round towers are built on the four corners of the wall. Over the wall, you can see two tall and large domes on the building inside.Both the tower and the great dome are topped with tall, thin spires.The three masters and servants saw the mosque for the first time, and felt that it was very new. They looked at each other, and their hearts were eager to try.Yingluo thought to herself: Your Majesty is really willing to spend such a big temple, I don't know how much money was spent, and she is more and more curious about Concubine Rong.

At this time, it was close to the evening worship time, and many Muslims wearing white hats walked towards the gate of the temple from all sides.The three masters and servants walked to the gate of the temple and saw a row of arched door openings. The rest of the door openings were closed. The largest door opening in the middle was used for people to enter and exit. It was pounding, but fortunately, there was no obstacle when crossing the gate.

After entering, through the courtyard is the worship hall.The three masters and servants entered with the crowd, and saw that the white chapel was large and empty, but very simple, with a row of arched windows on both sides, and a red carpet on the floor. Big black disc.This disc has a black background with gold edges, and many golden symbols on the black background. There is one that looks like a vertical sword, but it is not a sword that you see every day.Strangely, the rest of the Hui who came in together stood up straight and stood in a row, so the three of them did the same, but chose the position at the back.After a while, the chapel was almost full of people, and Yingluo couldn't help looking around to see where Concubine Rong was, but she didn't look like anyone.

Suddenly, a man with a white hat came under the big disc in the middle and murmured something. The audience immediately spread their hands together and muttered something.After reading for a while, put your hands on your knees, bend down and bow.Then he stood up straight again and muttered something.Then he knelt on the ground, touched the ground with his hands, and pressed his forehead and nose against the red carpet.Even if the prayer is done.Yingluo and the other three did the same thing, stood up and wanted to leave, but the Hui people immediately spread their hands together and muttered something, so it turned out that the next prayer was starting, and it was difficult for them to leave.After two more prayers like this, the Hui people began to disperse outside the hall. The three masters and servants breathed a sigh of relief, Pearl laughed in a low voice, "I thought I would do this endlessly, master, can you bear it?"Yingluo said with a face full of disappointment: Well, it's okay, but I didn't see Concubine Rong.Xiao Quanzi said: Master, let's look around and get familiar with it.

The three master and servant saw a door on the right side of the hall, so they walked over and passed through a corridor, and saw a round hole opposite, blocked by a wall, and two guards stood at the door.Yingluo thought to herself: That's right, what kind of identity is Concubine Rong, how could she worship with everyone, knowing that she must be here.Going forward, the two guards stopped her immediately, and murmured a few words, which should mean that idlers are not allowed to enter here.

Yingluo was thinking about how to get in, Xiao Quanzi took two steps, took out a small sign from his clothes, held it in his hand, and showed it to a guard, Yingluo saw that it was also a small black round sign with some and There are similar golden symbols on the black disc in the worship hall, but they are densely packed and cannot be seen clearly.When the guard saw it, he put his hands together respectfully and said something, Xiao Quanzi smiled and motioned Yingluo and Pearl to go in, but he didn't move his feet.Yingluo looked at him, but he just waved his hands, because the three of them couldn't reply and couldn't talk, so as not to expose their traps, although Yingluo was suspicious, she immediately walked in with Pearl.

After entering, I found another corridor behind the wall. At the end of the corridor, there were two gates with white and gold patterns. Those golden patterns were also similar strange symbols. Half of the gates were now open to the outside. Looking around, I saw that this was another chapel, with the same layout and furnishings, but much smaller than the big chapel.There was a woman inside, wearing a dark blue robe and a dark blue beaded hat on her head.The woman knelt down on a red and black carpet that was much more beautiful than in the chapel, and she was gorgeously dressed, she presumably was Concubine Rong.

Yingluo saw that she was facing her back, neither fat nor thin, with a graceful waist, thick and soft black hair, hanging straight to her waist, her arms were almost exposed, looking as white and tender as snow, she stood When I got up, I could see that she was taller than the women in Jingzhong, but her frame was small, and her curves were very plump and soft, which made one couldn't help but want to touch her.Yingluo had never seen such a foreign woman before, and the Manchu women in the palace were not like this either. She was dumbfounded for a moment, and Pearl was also dumbfounded.

Suddenly, the woman sighed softly and said: How are you?She spoke Chinese, and Yingluo was taken aback, thinking that she had discovered herself and Pearl, and just about to show up, then she sighed again, only to hear her say again quietly: Are you really okay?Yingluo was relieved, she was just talking to herself, seeing that she kept her right hand on her heart, she knew she was thinking about someone, but it obviously didn't sound like the emperor, she felt more and more that it was Fu Heng, but she couldn't be sure, I fell into thinking for a moment.The woman didn't speak any more, and kept kneeling quietly.

Yingluo saw that there were no more clues, so she planned to leave and meet her again outside, she pulled Pearl's sleeve, turned around and left, and suddenly heard the woman sigh again, saying: "I always miss you this way, do you know?"Yingluo suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart. This woman's voice was soft and sandy. She had a strange tone when she spoke Chinese, but to people's ears, it was like the most beautiful voice in the world. Touching people's heartstrings, she suddenly thought: If I am the person she misses, I am willing to spend the whole day in exchange for her.

The author has something to say:

[Historical prototype] Li Rongbao's ten sons.Li Rongbao has ten sons in total, and Fu Heng is the tenth son, the youngest son in the family.Fu Heng is the younger brother of Empress Xiaoxian. Her special affection for Fu Heng is also related to the Fucha family's preference for Fu Heng. Fu Heng must be a descendant.This factor is an excellent foundation for Fu Heng to stand out among the ten sons of Li Rongbao and start his official career.Li Rongbao himself is the chief executive of Chahar, which is an important position. His wife, Jue Luo, is Empress Xiaoxian and Fu Heng's mother is the clan, which will be mentioned later in the novel.The career experiences of his eldest son and second son are as described in the previous section of the novel.In the original play, Fu Heng was set to be third, so I wrote his eldest son and second son into the novel.The second son, Fu Qing, is also a great hero, which will be covered later in the novel.His wife had a very distinguished parentage, as stated in the novel.The Fucha family were all close and important ministers of Emperor Qianlong, not just Fu Heng.Therefore, in the original play, Yuan Chunwang once commented that the Fucha family has deep roots and leaves, and gathers stars.

The relationship between the Fucha siblings. (The following is modified from my Fu Ying's long comment) In "Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty", there was once a special record of one thing: "Empress Xiaoxian, a scholar who read classics (that is, Fu Heng) is a close relative, has taught and achieved, and is very kind. That is to say, among the younger brothers of Empress Xiaoxian, it is hard to come by such a loyal servant, so I am favored by it.” Explaining the close relationship between Empress Xiaoxian and Fu Heng, it is clear that Empress Xiaoxian cares about Fu Heng’s childhood growth Even the development after embarking on an official career has a profound impact.This factor is an excellent foundation for Fu Heng to stand out among the ten sons of Li Rongbao and start his official career.Historically, Fu Heng and his son Fulong'an, Fukang'an, and Fuchang'an served successively or concurrently as ministers of military aircraft for half a century.Fu Heng himself has been in the military aircraft department for 23 years, 22 of which he was the leader of the military aircraft.

The prominence of Fu Heng and his son in the Qianlong Dynasty was largely due to the deep love between the emperor and Empress Xiaoxian, including the strong relationship between the empress and the empress dowager. For many years, especially Qianlong was a strict and harsh emperor who worked hard to govern, and he was only fainted in old age.He was also very strict with Fu Heng. For example, in the 33rd year of Qianlong (1768), Lianghuai Salt Administration You Bashi exposed the Lianghuai Salt Citation Case. Sentenced to death, the scholar Fu Heng asked the emperor to spare her death for the sake of the deceased concubine Huixian. Qianlong said: "If the queen brother breaks the law, what should I do?" The queen brother refers to Fu Heng.Fu Heng did not dare to speak.The statement that Fukang'an is the illegitimate child of Qianlong and Fu Heng's wife contradicts many historical facts, so gossip writers and novelists say that there is no need to take it seriously.

The first-class Zhongyonggong is a title awarded by Emperor Qianlong.In the 14th year of Qianlong (1749), Fu Heng was awarded the first-class Duke of Zhongyong for his meritorious service in the battle of Jinchuan.In the 20th year of Qianlong (1755), after the victory in the Battle of Junggar, he was awarded the first-class Zhongyong Duke again.The title has been handed down for seven generations.The first-class loyal and brave princes in the past dynasties are: Fu Heng (early seal in the 14th year of Qianlong, [year 29], re-appointment in the 20th year of Qianlong, [year 35]), Fu Long'an (his title in the 35th year of Qianlong), Fengshen Jilun (Qianlong In 49, Fule Hun Ningzhu (in December of the 12th year of Jiaqing), Qingxing (in December of the ninth year of Daoguang), Guo Qixun (in the sixth year of Xianfeng), Songchun (in Guangxu In 17 years, he was awarded the title).It is really the first-class glory and wealth that runs through the entire Qing Dynasty, a family of nobles, generations of nobles.

Therefore, Fu Heng's first-class loyal and brave prince is hereditary.What is hereditary replacement?Hereditary non-replacement means that the number of hereditary inheritance is unlimited, and the inheritor inherits the original title of the inheritor.Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, China's hereditary system has been further divided into hereditary non-replacing and ordinary hereditary. knighthood.In the Song Dynasty, hereditary nobility was basically abolished, and lifelong nobility that could not be inherited appeared.In the Ming Dynasty, the titles of the royal family were hereditary.In the Qing Dynasty, the hereditary titles were mainly iron hat kings.The iron hat kings are all from the royal family of the Qing Dynasty.And Fucha's hereditary replacement with a different surname is also unique and merciful.The decisive factors for obtaining this kindness are Empress Xiaoxian and Fu Heng.