Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Hong Zhou sat on the couch, shook his head, and said: No, absolutely not.Yuan Chunwang walked up to him, bowed, and said: This is all I have said, my lord, please take care of it.Then he walked to the door, put back his hat, looked at the door, and said, "My lord, do you want to be Batulu of Aixinjueluo's family, or a dog to be trampled upon?"

After Yuan Chunwang came back from Yongxuan Mansion, he told the queen that he and the prince meant to directly force the emperor to give up the idea of ​​abolishing the empress. The Nala clan was taken aback and said that they were plotting rebellion.

Yuan Chunwang said that Prince He also said the same thing at the beginning, but he told him that the emperor never trusted him. In the emperor's heart, he was the second Dorgon of the Qing Dynasty.Nala looked at him, Yuan Chunwang said: "Madam, am I wrong?"Haven't you and the prince understood it all these years?Are you going to waste your years of hard work?Now the Fucha family is in full swing, and Fu Heng is the leader of the military plane, monopolizing the court. In the military plane, Liu Tongxun, Yu Minzhong, Ali Gun, all wear a pair of trousers with him, and the prince can't hold his own. That's why the emperor dared to abolish the empress. You and your prince!How can you sit still!And the fifth elder brother he supports, even if you don't care about it, don't you think about the twelfth elder brother?He is still underage now, it all depends on you!There is also Huifanara's family, under the nest, there are dead eggs!Empress Empress!Then he knelt down and kowtowed.

Nala said he would think about it again.Hong Zhou wrote to her, asking her to go to Yongxuan Mansion for a meeting.So she went to see Hong Zhou, looked at Hong Zhou, with tears in her eyes, and said with a wry smile: Over the years, I have managed the harem, and I have fulfilled my responsibility. , it makes no sense.Hong Zhou looked at her, feeling very heartbroken, and said: It's been so many years, how did you treat him?Sister-in-law, now, you can no longer have hope in him!Hongli is tough, let Hongzhou help you before he announces the establishment of the imperial concubine!I'm all set.Otherwise it will be too late!

Nala wiped away tears and asked: What are you going to do?Hong Zhou said: Replace it.Nalashi was taken aback and said: Are you crazy?Just pretend I didn't hear you.He said and left.Hong Zhou grabbed her and said, "I'm crazy, but that's because he drove me crazy!"Seeing that he was emotionally carried away, Nala gently broke free from his hand, sighed, and asked: When the emperor said that he wanted to set up a royal concubine, what did the queen mother say at that time?

Hong Zhou said: "I went to see the Empress Dowager just to find out what Hongli said.At that time the queen mother did not speak, I could not stay outside for a long time, so I went in and saw the queen mother was very happy.Nala snorted, nodded, and said: She is naturally happy.

The Nala family then made up their minds, and the three of them discussed that on the Emperor's Longevity Day, when the Emperor was about to move to the Old Summer Palace to celebrate his birthday, and had a dinner alone with the Empress as usual, he would force the Emperor.

What they don't know is that although the queen mother has always been in favor of Wei Mei's management of palace affairs, she does not approve of the establishment of an imperial concubine.After Hongzhou left, what she told the emperor was that because the empress was still there, setting up an imperial concubine was equivalent to ostracizing the empress, what would the civil and military officials think, and what the world would think about.Nanny Liu knew in her heart that the Empress Dowager felt that the imperial concubine was of too low a family background and that she was a Han woman. This idea has not changed, but the empress dowager said that the empress could not establish an imperial concubine because she had other intentions.

After the emperor returned to the palace from Changchun Garden that day, he told Concubine Rong what had happened, and said that the Empress Dowager did not agree to make Wei Mei the imperial concubine.Concubine Rong said with a smile: "Emperor Niang doesn't agree."I know you are angry, but you were beaten by Prince He that day. Mr. Fu Heng is fine. Didn’t Li Yu go to ask about it? Madam Nalan said that Dr. Ye has seen it. He just has a little cough, but rest at home for a few days, don’t worry. Bar!He and the prince are your own brothers, so you just listen to the empress and forgive him.

The emperor said angrily: Brother, does he think I am his brother?Fu Hengnai, the leader of the military aircraft, was actually beaten by the prince in the Forbidden City? !Where do I put my face!How should the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty discuss it?How old we are, how decent we are!I still want to protect Hong Zhou and punish Fu Heng's salary, hey!Hirohiro!He is really a special figure in our Qing Dynasty!Later when I asked him, he didn't appreciate it, and even argued that he didn't form a party!Today, she ran all the way to the Queen's Mother to ask for shelter!I am ashamed of him!He also told me to kill him!Do I dare to hit him? !

Concubine Rong leaned into his arms, and while stroking his chest, said: "The emperor calm down."Even if there is something wrong with the prince, what is the matter with the empress, the imperial concubine has not been in charge these years, and you suddenly said that you want to make her an imperial concubine, does the empress also want to make a transition?Or, just like before, let Wei Mei share the palace affairs first?Take your time.The emperor said with a gloomy face: I have waited long enough!Hong Zhou, he still has the face to come before me and ask me to treat the Queen and Yongzhen kindly.Concubine Rong stopped talking and continued to stroke his chest.

Li Yu happened to bring tea to Concubine Rong, and when he heard these words, his face turned pale with shock.Concubine Rong glanced at him, held the tea bowl to the emperor's mouth, and the emperor drank it with her hand, she took the tea bowl back to Li Yu, and said with a smile: Mrs. Nalan asked someone to send a painting today. Come in and say that Master Fu Heng found the authentic "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" for you, so she doesn't blame you.Haven't you been thinking about it for a long time, Shen Bi asked Li Yushou to go to Sanxi Hall, and my concubine will accompany you to have a look?

In Sanxi Hall, the emperor looked at the picture and praised, "It's really a good painting!"People in the Tang Dynasty said, "Walk to a place where the water is poor, and sit and watch the clouds rise." When you look back, there is neither wind nor rain, but it returns to nature and calm, and there is great reality in the great emptiness.Liang Shizheng, Shen Deqian and others knew that the painting I got in the tenth year of Qianlong was a fake, but they dared not speak up. Only Fu Heng was left.However, Huang Gongwang hid in the mountains and forests and forgot about the rivers and lakes. In fact, he is not a great hermit.Daying, is to hide in the city and do something for the world, such as the father of Dongfang Shuo in the Western Han Dynasty.

Concubine Rong smiled slightly, and looked at a big jade tiger paperweight on the table. It was mottled due to its age, and it was as gorgeous and beautiful as tiger skin. The tiger had a strong back, a coiled tail, and was slightly short. It has a big mouth, sharp fangs, erect ears, and sharp eyes, as if hunting.This is also an antique from the Jin Dynasty that Fu Heng found for the emperor. It is said to be a Liao tiger. It became a treasure on the emperor's case after the emperor Miyun stabbed the tiger that year.The stripped tiger skin is now hanging on the wall of the sitting room in the back hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

While talking, Li Yu came in with two bowls of glutinous rice balls. Concubine Rong smiled and offered a bowl to the emperor, and said to him: Mrs. Nalan's two-color glutinous rice balls were made by my concubine.The emperor happily took it, and Li Yu heaved a sigh of relief seeing the emperor's frown.

At the end of July, the emperor and the harem all moved back to the Old Summer Palace.On the [-]th, at noon on the Wanshou Festival, the princes and ministers held a grand banquet in the Fengsan Selfless Hall in the Old Summer Palace. During the banquet, the emperor kissed Hong Zhou, asked him how he was doing, and taught him to sing a section of "Visiting the Sage" in "Fengyunhui" with himself. In the play, it is said that his spring and autumn birthday is just for the two brothers to have fun together. "Visiting the Sages" is just about the story of Song Tai|Zu Kui who went to Prime Minister Zhao Pu's house in the snow at night. He saw half of the "Analects of Confucius" on the table in Zhao Pu's home, so he sang: "Qing Dao uses the "Analects of Confucius" to govern the court well. Ah! But it turns out that half of the mountains and rivers are on the top. The sage is as immeasurable as the sky, so it can be seen that the Tanjing Linjiang Tent." Because this is one of the emperor's favorite plays, it is often sung a cappella, and everyone present congratulates the emperor and and Prince.

In the evening, the emperor brought only Doro and Li Yu, and the three of them came to Qiyunlou, the residence of Empress Louyue Kaiyun.Halfway through the dinner, Yuan Chunwang came in and said that Hong Zhou had something urgent to ask for an audience, knowing that the emperor was at the empress's place, he shouldn't have bothered him, but because of the urgency of the matter, he had to go back and forth.The emperor then called in.

After Hongzhou came in, he hurriedly greeted him, and then said that he found that Pufu was plotting against him.Both the emperor and empress were taken aback and asked him to explain in detail.Hong Zhou then reported to the emperor that Pufu had buried 200 million taels of silver from the corrupt Lianghuai salt merchant somewhere.The emperor hesitated, and said that he had searched in detail at his house before, but could not find the whereabouts of the silver. How did Hongzhou find out?Hong Zhou then said that there were many diners in his house and there was a lot of news, and he also brought the witnesses, so the emperor could ask.

The emperor looked at him and said yes.So Li Yu went and called two people outside, and they reported the matter to the emperor.The emperor asked: You say that Pufu is making guns privately. Is there any evidence for this?One of them was Pufu's subordinate named Chongshan, and said: Yes, he recently bought a box of guns for the fourth elder brother, and the origin was very suspicious.The emperor said: "What does Yongxuan need a gun for?"The second person is the guard of the Prince Lu's Mansion, named Nuoha, he said: Si elder brother practice riding and shooting a lot after class, guns and bullets wear out quickly, and the Armed Forces Academy has rules for receiving guns and bullets, always going there will arouse suspicion, so fourth elder brother Will collect bullets from other people.

The emperor asked: What's so weird about that box of guns?Nuoha said: They are all remodeled from discarded guns.And said that he brought it, and asked the emperor to allow him to bring it to the emperor for inspection.The emperor agreed.Ask Doro to go get it with him.After getting it, he opened the box, and Nuoha took out one to show the emperor, said a few words, and suddenly pointed the gun at the emperor, who was surprised.Before they could react, Hongzhou and Chongshan quickly took a gun out of the box and pointed it at Doro and Li Yu.The emperor understood and said angrily: What do you want to do?

Hong Zhou said: "Brother Huang, we don't want to do anything, we just want you to listen to a few words of persuasion."As he spoke, he called Yuan Chunwang who was standing beside the queen.Yuan Chunwang immediately bowed and said: Your Majesty, the empress is still here, why do you want to establish an imperial concubine?The emperor looked at Nala, and said: Are you threatening me?Nala hurriedly said: No, Your Majesty, my concubines don't know anything.Hong Zhou, you still haven't put down the gun!Hong Zhou had a big accident and said: You... Yuan Chunwang said: Empress Empress, why did you ask Zhener to send the jade pendant to Prince He?

Surprised, Nala looked at Hongzhou, but Hongzhou didn't look at her, but only gestured to Yuan Chunwang, Yuan Chunwang called out: "Zhen'er."Zhen'er came up to Hong Zhou's side, and took off the jade pendant from his court clothes. The queen looked at it, and saw that it was the one she usually pinned on the button, and said angrily: "You... Zhen'er said: "Madam, that day You asked me to send the jade pendant to Prince He, and agreed to persuade the emperor to change his mind today, don't you remember?Nala was furious, she immediately raised her hand and slapped Zhen'er across the face, saying: "You lowly servant girl, what nonsense are you talking about!"You must have stolen from me to set me up.Jane fell to the ground.The emperor looked at all this coldly, and said: Queen, stop acting.

Nala said: Your Majesty, you have misunderstood your concubine.They clapped their hands immediately, and a few eunuchs came out from behind, also holding guns in their hands, and immediately aimed at Hongzhou Chongshan Nuoha and Yuan Chunwang.Both Hongzhou and Yuan Chunwang were surprised and angry.Seeing this turning point, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Okay, let me trust you, tell me, what's going on here?"The queen immediately knelt in front of the emperor and said: "Hong Zhou said that he heard you say that you want to set up a royal concubine, but the concubines didn't believe it. He and Yuan Chunwang said they would persuade you, and they asked the concubines to persuade you together."The concubine was afraid that they would hurt you, so she pretended to agree, but she had prepared early in the morning. If you were really in danger, the concubine would never let anyone hurt you, and she would never let the two of them go.

As if struck by lightning, Hongzhou looked at Nala in disbelief.

The emperor laughed and said: Doro.Doro immediately agreed, took out a booklet from his clothes, and handed it to the emperor.The emperor said to Hong Zhou: Hong Zhou, do you want to see what this is?Hong Zhou asked: What is this?The emperor said indifferently: Attached is the reverse list.Hong Zhou was startled and said: What?

The emperor laughed again: Hong Zhou, you took the silver that Pu Fu paid early in the morning to the Huguo Temple, and Fu Heng had already discovered it.Let me tell you for you, in the 15th year of Qianlong, you went to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate corruption cases, and started to communicate with Pufu. He had the courage to embezzle, but was afraid, so he gave you the money, and he can still get more from you the benefits of.In the 19th year of Qianlong, before you entered the military plane, you were sent to repair the Huguo Temple, so you buried the silver in the temple. Two million taels!I really underestimated you before!No wonder you have the guts to persecute me!Did he, Pufu, become the number one hero when you sat on the dragon chair?So many people attached to you are your heroes?These people are not all diners of your family, and I don't know where they are now, but the admiral of the Nine Sects, Cai Yanlin, has already secretly guarded their family members in their mansion.Hmph, the prince of the Qing Dynasty!The poor and the prince!Ludicrous and princely!

Nuoha Chongshan was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

The queen and Yuan Chunwang only knew about Yinzi, the queen's heart was cold, but she lowered her head, neither looking at Hongzhou nor the emperor.Yuan Chunwang looked at the emperor and just sneered.Hong Zhou looked at Doro, and Doro lowered his head, not looking at him.At this moment, many first-class guards poured in from outside, all with guns in their hands.

Yuan Chunwang suddenly shouted: Empress Empress, you framed me and the prince?Are you really desperate?The queen was furious, raised her head and said, "Yuan Chunwang, you spitting blood, this matter has nothing to do with me!"The emperor will make the decision for me, as long as I torture Zhen'er, I will know whether I have given the jade pendant or not.The emperor laughed and said: Empress, how do you teach me to believe what you say?

Before Nala could answer, Hongzhou sighed, put down the gun, and with tears in his eyes, he said sadly: "Brother Emperor, I am in love with the queen, and it has nothing to do with the queen, please don't embarrass her."The matter has come to this point, I have no more words to refute, only one last request, please let everyone go down, I want to say a few words to you alone.The emperor looked at him inquiringly for a while, and finally nodded.

Duo Luo was not surprised when he heard Hongzhou's love for the queen, so he asked the guards to escort Yuan Chunwang Zhen'er and Chongshan Nuoha, and Li Yuzhong, the guards and eunuchs and Nala's family went out together, and took them with them. Door.Only the emperor and Hong Zhou were left in the room.When he went out to the courtyard, he saw many guards standing around the courtyard. Duo Luo ordered people to take Chongshan Nuoha down, and asked the eunuch Luyue Kaiyun to put down his gun, and the guards took him down.Let Yuan Chunwang and Zhen'er kneel on the ground side by side.Nalashi looked at Zhen'er and asked: Why did you betray me?

Zhen'er sighed, and said: Your Majesty, how did the emperor treat you? Haven't you had enough?Nala was furious, and slapped her again, cursing, "You listen to Yuan Chunwang?You know, he has been fooling around with others for a long time!Both Zhen'er and Yuan Chunwang were taken aback.Nala said: "The one who fooled around with him was Bailu from Duanfang, Yuan Chunwang. For so many years, I didn't expose you, it was all because of Zhen'er. You just deceived Zhen'er, and even taught her to betray me!"You are really capable!

Zhen'er's eyes widened, and she looked at Yuan Chunwang in disbelief.

Yuan Chunwang ignored Zhen'er, just laughed, and said to the queen: "Sly Rabbit Three Caves, I knew earlier that you would play against the wind and protect yourself, that's why I let Zhen'er take your jade pendant and give it to the prince, and to the prince and others." But with all your heart for you, you are afraid that you will be reluctant to let Hongli harm yourself, yet you treat him like this?Nala snorted, and said: You are talking nonsense and slandering me, you must be doing it for yourself, afraid that the loss of my queen's position will affect you.

Yuan Chunwang laughed and said: "Joke, what does it matter to me whether you are a queen or not?"Nala said: "Then what are you doing for?"Yuan Chunwang said: "In a while, wait for Hongli to come out in a while, and I'll tell you, if he can still come out."With that said, he stood up.

The author has something to say:

[Qianlong Singing Opera] At that time, court acting was very common. The emperor regarded listening to opera as three meals a day when he was not handling government affairs.The emperor's listening to operas in the Qing Dynasty was different from that in the Ming Dynasty. It was not simply based on entertainment, but more importantly, it had an educational function. In addition, it was also a symbol of etiquette.Since Emperor Qianlong began to worship the stove at the end of the twelfth lunar month every year, and before the shamanism danced to the gods, Emperor Qianlong would sit on the big kang in the Kunning Palace and sing "Visiting the Sage" in person, taking opera singing as an indispensable form of sacrifice. content.This "Visiting the Sages" is "Interviewing Pu" in the Northern Zaju "Fengyunhui" written by Luo Guanzhong in the Yuan Dynasty, also called "Visiting the Sages on a Snowy Night".Because the plot is that the emperor is worried about the country and the people and visits the virtuous ministers at night, and the time of offering sacrifices to the stove coincides with the scene in the play.