Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Post two episodes as a supplementary account of the plot before the ending.After the two episodes are over, continue to post (46) and ([-]) of Chapter [-].

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After autumn, Ebol entered the third trimester of pregnancy, wearing a loose gown every day, and her long hair was loosely tied behind her head. When Nanny Pan cleaned her up, she praised her, saying that she had never seen her so beautiful little mother.She knew that Nanny Pan was talking nice things, she always felt hot, and saw that her face was rounder in the mirror, her facial features were indescribably strange, and she looked lazy, which was very different from the past, probably That's what Yong Qi said, it smells like a baby girl.Because of her heavy body, she couldn't sit for a long time, and she often leaned on the couch when she came back from walking every day.He also has limited mobility and is prone to fatigue, so he can only put down his pen and ink. Apart from reading and talking to people, he just closes his eyes and rests.

In the afternoon of this day, she leaned on the couch in the west room and read a book for a while, then fell asleep. Suddenly, she heard the meow of "meow, meow, meow". The white cat squatted on the ground with a pink belt around its neck. It was He Zhu's Kebao.The cat stared at her with lovely blue eyes.She laughed, comforted the baby in her stomach with her hands, and was about to lie down and hold it.

At this moment, Nanny Pan hurried in, immediately picked up the cat from the ground, and said to her: Don't move, carefully move your waist and move the fetal gas, that's amazing!How did this cat come here from the middle courtyard!The servant just went back to the house to find a button that the prince had lost on his clothes, and he thought he would come back right away. He didn't ask them to guard him, so he couldn't leave for a moment.Doctor Ye said, you can’t get close to cats and dogs now, the people in the middle court...Yi Boer hurriedly said: Mammy is too careful, the cat has legs by itself, if it wants to run, who can stop it?

Mother Pan waited to say more, but she heard Yong Qi's voice say: Mother is right to be careful.He opened the curtain and came in from the outside, then took the cat from Nanny Pan, kissed it, and said to it with a smile: "Good boy, why are you here?"Mother Pan smiled and said: Thank you, my lord.Young Mistress Fengzhu from Fucha's family just sent someone to bring a pot of persimmons, she said they are sweet and soft, just to moisten dryness, I'll bring them for the prince and Gege?

Before Yongqi could answer, He Zhu hurried in with Tao Nanny, saw Yongqi hugging the cat, and said to him: "The prince is back?"Keppel is gone, and Mammy and I searched everywhere, but it came here!sorry!Nanny Pan hurriedly bowed her head to Fujin.Yong Qi smiled and said: It doesn't matter.As he spoke, he handed the cat into her arms.Tears welled up in He Zhu's eyes, and he kissed the cat.

Mother Tao respectfully said to Ibor from the side: This beast didn't hit Little Gege, right?Ebol shook his head.Only then did He Zhu come back to his senses, and said to Ibor: Sorry, I didn't know it would come here.Ebol laughed and said: I think it smelled the smell here, why should Fujin apologize, I'm fine.After Yiboer was pregnant, she liked to eat fish, so the west courtyard often cooks fish.

He Zhu nodded, and then said to Yong Qi: "My lord, my concubine is going back first."With that said, he turned and walked out.Seeing her turn around, Yongqi burst into tears, wanted to send her out, so she stopped and said behind her: I'll go there later.Then she turned her head and said to Nanny Pan with a smile, "Okay, mommy, let's serve persimmons."He also asked Zheng Ying to change his clothes, wash his hands and clean his face.Nanny Pan tidied up the blankets and pillows for Ibor, and then went to serve the fruit herself.

Nanny Tao followed He Zhu back to the middle courtyard silently, seeing her tears streaming down her face, she felt very sad.Just now both master and servant saw Ibor lazily leaning on the couch in pajamas, with a big belly under the thin blanket, disheveled clothes, and messy hair, but his cheeks were plump and flushed, and there was a kind of blissful coziness. There is an indescribable sweetness.After autumn, He Zhu never saw Ybor, because Yongqi said that Ibol was inconvenient to move and mentally ill, and he didn't teach how to meet people, lest everyone set up rules.Therefore, Hu Jiajia only came to sit in the west courtyard every few days. She only sent a maid to ask about it once a day. Anxious, seeing Ybor again, it had a greater impact on her, so Madam Tao sighed in her heart.

Yong Qi changed her clothes, told everyone in the room to retreat, then sat on the side of the couch, hugged Yibor in her arms.Yiboer closed his eyes, and the two stayed for a while, Yiboer said: "You should go to see Fujin earlier today, don't worry about it, I think she looks bad, Erniang came to see me this morning, and she is still there." Go sit with her for a while.Yong Qi shook her head, put her on the couch, bent down and kissed her.Ybor put his arms around his neck.After kissing for a while, Ibor asked: What's the matter, brother?Yongqi said: "Xiao'enniang is so pretty!"Yibor smiled and pinched his nose, then moved back into the couch, a thin sweet fragrance came over him, it was the fragrance of flowers she used in bathing.

Yongqi said: The cat has disturbed you so you can't sleep.Ybor didn't answer, just looked at him.Yong Qi also came up on the couch, covering them together with a thin blanket.Ebol was wearing an extremely large and delicate yellow long-sleeved western nightdress, which covered her high swollen abdomen, and set off her plump face and smile, which had a special charm.The two played with the two children in their womb for a while, and the room was full of laughter. Ibor's nightdress and hair became more messy...

When the persimmons arrived, they looked like small pots. Yong Qi sat up and cut the persimmons open with a knife. The gravy flowed and was placed in a small glass bowl. Insert a small spoon and handed it to Ebol.It was really sweet, with a hint of sourness. Both of them ate a lot and praised the deliciousness.Nanny Pan stopped again and said, don't eat too much.Yong Qi said that other rewards would be given to her and Zheng Ying.

After dinner, Yong Qi went to Tianyou Pavilion after taking a bath.Seeing him and Zheng Ying coming in, Mother Tao greeted him happily.Zheng Ying said that elder brother would rest here tonight, Tao Nanny hurriedly agreed, and Yong Qi asked: "Where's Fujin?"Tao Nanny looked distressed, and said in a low voice: Fujin came back in the afternoon, and felt sad, and the old slave persuaded him to eat dinner reluctantly, and now he is lying on the bed.According to the servants, if it's not good, I'm afraid I have to invite Dr. Ye.When Zheng Ying heard this, she couldn't help feeling anxious.Yongqi smiled and said to the two: It's okay, I'll go in and have a look first.The two quickly agreed, and when Yongqi entered the bedroom, Nanny Tao closed the inner door, Zheng Ying shook her head at her, and she also sighed slightly.

Yongqi walked into the dormitory, the charcoal fire in the room was very strong, and the sandalwood was smoked, the green curtains on the bed were hanging down, and He Zhu's crying could be faintly heard.There is a large bright round mirror in the center of the long case.On one side is a slightly dull silver plate, engraved on the plate is a large osmanthus tree with lush branches and leaves, with intertwined roots and protruding trunk.On the right side of the big tree, a jade rabbit is standing upright, with its ears erected, holding a pestle on its two forelimbs, pounding medicine in a container with a circle above and below, and a floating cloud under its body; on the left side of the tree, there is a jumping toad, which is vivid and vivid. .The moon palace was a common theme for mirrors in the Tang Dynasty, so this silver plate was originally the back of a Tang mirror.On one side is a white jade fruit plate containing fresh green chayote and yellow papaya.

He walked to the round table and sat down, looking at the paintings and couplets on the wall behind the case.The painting is "Beauty Begonia Picture", a little servant girl is supporting a nodding beauty with a high bun, and both of them are dressed plainly.That beauty is plump yet graceful, with a dignified and charming demeanor, holding a bouquet of light-colored crabapple flowers close to her cheek.

According to the "Lengzhai Night Talk" written by Shi Huihong in the Song Dynasty, Tang Minghuang went to Chenxiang Pavilion and summoned Yang Guifei.Concubine Yang Guifei was drunk at that time, so she ordered Gao Lishi to bring her servant to help her.Tang Minghuang saw her drunken face with disfigured make-up, chaotic temples and hairpins, so he couldn't worship her any more.Then he laughed and said: "Is the concubine drunk, the begonia is not enough to sleep!" Tang Minghuang compared the drunk Concubine Yang to a begonia that has not slept enough, which is really subtle.

Tang Yin's "Beautiful Begonia Picture" has been lost for a long time, this painting is contrived by later generations, and the couplet on the side is two sentences from Tang Yin's self-titled "Beauty Begonia Picture": "Who can say the meaning from now on, a heart of spring is devoted to Begonia" .Then he smiled slightly and asked: What's wrong with you?

It was only then that He Zhu realized that it was him who had come, and hurriedly wiped away tears in the tent, and was about to get up to serve him.Yongqi said: "Lie down, don't move, talk to me."It was quiet again in the bed tent.After a while, He Zhu said: Is Little Gege really okay?Yong Qi said: She is fine, don't worry.I'm worried about you.He Zhu felt embarrassed, and said: I'm fine, I'm feeling a little uncomfortable today.Yong Qi said softly: Well, do you miss your mother and Ama?When He Zhu heard this, his heart suddenly felt sore, and he choked up and said: No, elder brother is so kind to me, I just feel that I am very useless.

Yong Qi didn't answer, but asked, "Where's Kebao?"Why didn't you see it?He Zhu said: "It got into trouble today, and my concubine fined it to lock it up in the house."Yongqi then raised her voice and asked Nanny Tao to come in and bring Ji Bao.After the cat came, Yong Qi hugged the cat and walked to the bed, then hooked up a bed curtain.He Zhu faced the bed and did not turn around.Yong Qi brought Kebao closer to her, and Kebao yelled "meow meow meow" twice, as if asking for forgiveness from the master.He Zhucai stretched out his hand and hugged it in his arms, thinking that it was disgusted by others and locked up by him cruelly, it was very pitiful, tears poured down his face, but he still turned his back to the outside of the bed and did not make a sound, lest Yongqi would know.

Yongqi said: "Don't think too much, I don't doubt you, neither does Yibor.He Zhu said: I understand Nanny Pan's look.Yong Qi said: She is just nervous about the master, if the master makes a mistake, she will be the first to blame, and she has always been like that, when she is old, you understand, don't bother with her.He Zhu couldn't bear it any longer, and said: "The ancestors handed over the children of Little Gege and Elder Brother to me. He Zhu was only cautious, and asked himself that he never had any evil intentions. How could they be so suspicious?"What have I become?What has become of our E family?There is still Zhe Zhe in the mansion, if elder brother can't trust me, He Zhu can swear a poisonous oath, or take Jibao to the ancestors to receive the punishment.While speaking, weeping.

Ji Bao blinked his eyes, Yong Qi stretched out his hand, hugged it, and put it down on the ground.Then he said: She is a slave, even if she is suspicious, she dare not doubt you.I always think of your hard work and kindness to me. I want you to worry less, how can I doubt you?Come on, don't cry, turn around and let me see.He Zhu didn't move, he just said: Brother, it's not good for He Zhu to see you like this.You go, go to Hugege.

Yongqi laughed, stretched out her hands, and turned her body around, He Zhu immediately closed her eyes.Seeing that her face was covered with tears, Yongqi wiped her sleeves for her. He Zhu thought it was wrong, but she was really embarrassed to face him, so she let him.Keppel wandered around the house, calling "meow meow meow".

Yong Qi wiped her face clean, leaned close to her and said with a smile: "You really don't want to see me so much?"I'm leaving.He Zhu immediately opened his eyes and said in a low voice: Brother, don't go!Yong Qi saw that her eyes were slightly swollen, and her eyes were full of water, she was very pitiful.Ever since the couple got close, He Zhu, who used to be polite, would occasionally show his temper and act coquettishly in front of him.So he smiled and said, "I'm coaxing you, I won't go."Today, I competed with An'er in riding and archery, and Huang Ama explained that we all had a rest for a day.

He Zhu looked at him in surprise, Yong Qi was full of smiles, she immediately felt embarrassed and blushed.Yongqi lifted her up, helped her put on her coat, He Zhu thanked her, and asked Nanny Tao to come in to clean her face, comb her hair and have a supper.Seeing this, Nanny Tao and Zheng Ying both heaved a sigh of relief, and said in their hearts: Your lord is really good-natured.

The supper in He Zhu's room is all big tonic recipes. Tonight is the stewed meat angelica soup that nourishes blood and promotes qi. There are four pieces of stewed meat, one or two angelicas, ten red dates, two liang of black beans, three slices of ginger, water Ten bowls are cooked.In the afternoon, He Zhu sent someone to the West Courtyard to ask Yong Qi. Yong Qi said that she would use the same soup as her today and not make it alone. The amount of menstruation is small, and Dr. Ye said that this time is good for tonic.So he taught Yongqi to use Fushen walnut syrup to nourish the mind and calm the mind to help sleep.

After the two finished drinking the soup, He Zhu regained his spirits.Yong Qi looked at the picture of beauties on the wall again, and said with a smile: I always felt that these two lines of poems did not match this picture, so I will write a new one today.As he spoke, he walked to the desk in the outer room, and He Zhu hurriedly stood up, went to get a blank couplet scroll from the bookcase in the outer room, and then spread it on the desk for him with Nanny Tao.

Yongqi pondered for a while, and wrote on the two pieces of paper: "It rained for the first time last night, and the begonias were light and soft, wanting to speak."He Zhu asked: Whose sentence is this?Yong Qi said: This is another poem written by Tang Yin about Begonia.Tao Nanny was illiterate, so she said happily when she heard the words: Isn't a beauty like Fujin like the crabapple flowers in the garden?He Zhu said: "It's not good to be beautiful without fragrance."Nanny Tao was taken aback for a moment, knowing that she was suffering from a heart disease, she didn't know what to say to comfort her.

Yong Qi put down the pen, smiled at her and said: "Although it is a hate thing for Begonia to have no fragrance, but the only thing I love is sandalwood. Don't you also like wearing flowers?"Because there is not a single flower or tree in Tianyou Pavilion, all are planted with exotic herbs, hanging eaves around the columns, and winding steps, the fragrance is fragrant, the colder the weather, the greener it is, after hearing this, Tao Nanny said : Isn’t it? Yesterday, when the frost came, the palace gave each of the two lords twelve sprigs of gauze flowers with fresh patterns. They said it was a festival gift from the imperial concubine and empress.He Zhu also nodded, took Yong Qi by his arm, and said, "Brother, the moonlight is very bright today, shall we go for a walk in the garden?"Nanny Tao hurried to get her thick clothes and cape.

The two walked into the west garden, and Zheng Ying led a few young eunuchs to follow not far behind.The moonlight is really good, the flowers and trees in the garden are Fusu, and potted chrysanthemums are placed along the road, and the road is clear and fragrant.He Zhu wears a lake-colored satin embroidered wisteria flower cotton mandarin jacket, an autumn-colored satin cotton skirt, a white rabbit fur cape, a hat, a jade round plain neck, silky lotus root, slender spring bamboo shoots, juanjuan On the temples, the two frowns face each other.She was originally beautiful, but at this moment she is in a good mood, with green clouds and double eyes (duo3) inserted into golden curls, and a peach on her face that melts in spring, making her even more graceful and graceful.

It's just that when she sleeps until dawn every night, her hands and feet are cold. Ye Tianshi comes to check her pulse every month and get acupuncture, and the pills, prescriptions and supplements are rarely changed.Therefore, Hezhu uses Korean ginseng and aconite soup every week, with one or two Korean ginseng, three qian of cooked aconite, three slices of ginger, eight bowls of water, stewed with meat, mainly to treat cold limbs, dull complexion, and to dispel cold and nourish yin.Ye Tianshi once told Yong Qi that He Zhu's flat temper and seldom laughing have something to do with her natural body cold, so he taught her not to eat raw or cold food, and not to work hard.So He Zhu can't eat fruit, and she only puts fruit as a display in her room.Yongqi then thought of Xue Baochai's "Ode to the White Begonia" in "A Dream of Red Mansions":

Treasure Fangzi and close the door in the daytime, hand in hand to irrigate moss pots.

The rouge washes out the autumn shadow, and the ice and snow attract the soul of the dew.

When you are light, you know that the flowers are more beautiful, how can you get Yu Wuhen if you are too worried?

To repay Baidi, he should be clean, but Tingting fainted every day without speaking.

This poem was evaluated by Li Wan in the book as "status". The book also said that Baochai's residence has no flowers, and he is quite similar to He Zhu, but He Zhu is slender and weak, more sensitive, and more like Daiyu... He Zhu Du strictly followed Ye Tianshi's instructions to take care of him, and paid great attention to it. Yong Qi admired her admiration, but she never listened to "don't work hard". When Yong Qi persuaded her, she only said that it was what she and Fujin should do arrived.

If Ybor is the throbbing doe in his arms, Hezhu is a bunch of white crabapples that are both scentless and attractive.From that time on, Yong Qi felt that he must help He Zhu realize his wish to have a child, which is what he should do as a husband and a man.Yiboer was in danger outside Yujing Garden, and he impulsively said that he would take Yiboer away.Afterwards, he thought about it, and what He Zhu said became very clear in his mind.He recalled what Fu Heng said to him on the southern cruise ship that day: "He must face his identity as a prince", and suddenly felt that he was not only responsible for He Zhu, but also for Hu Jiajia, he had a crush on both of them. Constant affection, just like they did to him...

In the moonlight, the two walked forward all the way. Yong Qi said that during the game in Yujing Garden during the day, as well as Mr. Fu Heng's sword dance and Mrs. Nalan's glutinous rice balls, He Zhu was holding him, with a rare smile on his face.Seeing the situation of the two of them, Zheng Ying from behind also smiled.

When they returned after stepping on the moon, the new couplets had already been hung up. The two drank tea and looked at it for a while. He Zhu said that every word was well written.Xiangyou was warmed up and had a good night's sleep, and the next day she followed Yongqi until Sishi and didn't get up.Nanny Tao was extremely happy, the haze of yesterday in Zhongyuan was swept away.After that night, Yongqi asked Hu Jiajia to share some affairs in the mansion, and He Zhu finally agreed.

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[Fushen] is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is the white part of the sclerotia of Polyporaceae Poria cocos that naturally holds the pine root (that is, Fushen wood).