Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

I think this episode is indispensable. Fu Ying in Chunshu Hutong is newly married!Writing this one after writing the entire book is like starting another cycle...

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Both Mama Combs Hair and Pearl went down, saying that Lord Fu Heng would come in only when the auspicious time came.Yingluo looked at herself in the mirror, but still couldn't believe that she really, really married Fu Heng? !She looked at herself in the mirror, opened her face again, first applied mirabilis pearl powder, then rose rouge, and rose ointment on her mouth, all brought out from the palace, a rose that makes people want to be drunk Fragrance, big bright eyes flickering.I have known Fu Heng for 14 years!Although the color in the mirror is good, she is no longer the girl she was 14 years ago.

When she and Fu Heng met and knew each other, all the past was spinning in her mind, and her heart ached, especially when she inevitably thought of the former empress, she only felt heartache.She closed the mirror, stood up, and walked slowly towards the bed.It's winter now, and this new house is full of bright red, and the new bed is covered with red thick curtains, red bed surrounds, and red quilts. Burning charcoal fire, especially red hot.Halfway through the walk, she saw herself in the full-length mirror, and unconsciously stopped, looking in the mirror.

She is also dressed in red, and the gown she wears is made by herself. When she knew she could leave the palace to marry Fu Heng, she began to make it. Every stitch and thread was embroidered and made by herself!At that time, Mingyu was still by her side, happily sitting on the side twisting the thread for herself, talking about this and that happily, because at that time Mingyu's wedding was almost prepared... She felt heartbroken again, so Shaking his head, he looked intently at the mirror.

This gown is the gown of a first-class married woman that she specially refers to. It is made of red ground, thick satin material, and eight flowers are embroidered. There is a big flower in the middle of the chest and back, and four flowers are surrounded by four flowers under the big flower. There are two circles in the front and two in the back. There are two clusters of small flowers on the shoulders. The designs in the clusters are flowers and birds of the four seasons. They are embroidered with gold thread and azurite thread. The hem of the robe is embroidered in a wide circle, symbolizing the clusters of flowers. Then there is the seawater river cliff pattern printed on the satin material.She spent a lot of effort on this dress, and now outside the honey-colored clothes, there are honey-colored double lapels and two honey-colored sleeves, and there is a circle of embroidery at the end of the sleeves.

Around her neck is a golden collar as thick as an index finger, which is shining golden. It was given by Mrs. Fucha, and she is hung with red coral stone and blue silk ribbon beads, which is what a first-class wife wears.There are six flying phoenixes embroidered on the large group of flowers in the middle of the bosom, and a honey-colored Ruyi-pattern colored ribbon pinned to the center of the flower. The long straps drag down straight down. The honey-colored underwear and colored ribbons are also made and embroidered by herself. .This set of solemn and beautiful wedding clothes was only seen by Fu Heng when she was praying to heaven and earth in the hall just now. She was still wearing a red hijab when she was praying to heaven and earth...

Her headgear was custom-made by Fu Heng. The "hard-shell hat" is based on Mantian. On the upper left and upper right of the tall and wide Mantian, the flowers are removed, and rows of fake velvet flowers are inserted. Small tassels are inserted on the top, large tassels are inserted on the left, right and back sides of the tin, and they hang down to the shoulders. The lower edge of the tin is also a circle of complicated tassels, hanging directly above the eyebrows. This kind of "pick-up tin" is extremely complicated , but because velvet flowers are used to replace the full metal and pearl and jade hairpins, it is not very heavy, but it is still troublesome to take off and put on.The use of velvet flowers was discussed between her and Fu Heng, in order to commemorate the late empress.

Although the headgear is complicated, it is now tidied up by the hair-comb nurse and Pearl.No matter how complicated it is, it is also happy and necessary. This is getting married, the only time in life to wear a wedding dress!This marriage was something she had never thought of. In this life, she could still marry someone, and it was to marry Fu Heng!Although apart from Fu Heng, she will never marry another person, "I plan to marry her and marry her for the rest of her life. Even if she is ruthlessly abandoned, she cannot be ashamed."

She really didn't expect that the emperor would let her go. She is a concubine Ling, and although she has long since fallen out of favor, she lived with the queen mother in Yuanmingyuan for three years.Once upon a time, she wrote on paper:

The drizzle wets the streamer, and the grass grows year after year.Yansuo Fenglou has infinite things, boundless.Luan mirror mandarin quilt two heartbroken...

And Fu Heng is already free, and he still wants her!Of course he wanted her, he didn't say a word about Erqing, he took it for granted, isn't it natural to avenge sister Rongyin?Erqing is an outsider through and through, and even a heinous sinner!And she should be the master of his affairs.Thinking of this, her heart ached sweetly, for the Fucha siblings.Now should be the time for "sitting blessing", that is, the bride sits quietly in the tent.She turned her head away from the mirror, walked to the bed, got on the footrest, and sat on the edge of the bed.

At that time, she arranged the wedding for Mingyu and customized a wedding dress for her. Looking at the wedding dress, she couldn't help crying.Really, it was Mingyu's favorite clothes, but she and Mingyu lost each other, and her tears heralded Mingyu's death.Mingyu didn't get even a single day of happiness... This wedding dress is different from Mingyu's, in addition to being made by herself, it is more grand and rich, because of her different status, and because she wants to wear Mingyu's unfinished joy Yes, she shed tears again, and then she wiped them away with her hands immediately.Today is a good day for me and Fu Heng. Although there is no music, no blows, no guests, no firecrackers, and no wedding banquet, today is the day when I and Fu Heng get married!It's the day I get married!

There was a knock on the door, and she couldn't think anymore, her heart jumped up. In fact, she didn't eat much dinner, because she was nervous, she barely ate a few mouthfuls, and then went to take a bath.He hurriedly covered the red hijab.The auspicious time has come, and Fu Heng is coming in!I only heard Xi Niang's voice saying: "Bride, are you ready?"The groom is in!Her heart was beating even more wildly, but it was so strange, Fu Heng was such a familiar person to her, why was she still so nervous?Fu Heng is not only her lover, but also her relatives. Mingyu has passed away, and Fu Heng is her only relative in this world...

Just as she was thinking, she only heard Xi Suosuo's voice, several people approached, the leader was Xi Niang, but she only felt that Fu Heng's eyes were fixed on her, as though they were directly shooting in through the hijab.Only to hear Xi Niang singing happily: "The bridegroom lifts his hijab!"With a familiar scent of saponins, Fu Heng has already stepped under his feet!Pearl also came up, stood on one side, and held a wedding plate covered with tasseled red cloth. Fu Heng took the red scale from the plate, and she could see clearly from the lower edge of the red hijab.The moment the hijab was picked up, she saw Fu Heng's big shining eyes!It was full of joy and wonderment!He is so tall, he has always been the focus of attention, and Xi Niang standing beside him has not reached his shoulders.

Feeling shy in Fu Heng's beautiful eyes, she lowered her head.He also heard Xi Niang singing happily: good luck, good fortune and longevity!Then let Fu Heng sit beside her.Fu Heng smiled and stretched out his hands, Yingluo put her hands in his hands, Fu Heng pulled her up, Yingluo stepped aside, Fu Heng stepped on the pedal, turned around, and the two sat down together.Xi Niang sings again: The flowers are beautiful and the moon is full, the husband and wife are loving!Pearl brought up two goblets with dragon and phoenix acacia wine in them.Each of the two took a cup, first each drank half of the cup, then broke hands and drank it dry, and put the empty cup back on the plate.

Xi Niang is a Han Chinese, hired by a lot of money, to do things according to the housekeeper's wishes, but she doesn't know who the house is.I saw this big mansion full of families, married wives and not concubines, but the wedding ceremony was so deserted, there were no relatives at the table, and even the girl and daughter-in-law were lonely. It was strange that she was the only one, and I felt embarrassing.The bridegroom is like Song Yu Pan An reborn, with bushy eyebrows, high nose, handsome and handsome, he looks like a good-looking talent, with the style of a noble family, just now he looks like the bride, small and exquisite, and his face is not too luxurious, look at him

The shadow contains candles tonight, and Xu Si seems to be affectionate.

Hand in front of the cup, the flower bottom loves the eyes.

Knowing that the two are in love with each other, they really get excited, and sing again: a pair of heaven and earth, like a luan and a phoenix, reunited forever, husband and wife for all generations!Give birth to a precious son early, a happy marriage for a hundred years!Use pastry! The words before "Give birth to a precious son" were not the arranged libretto, but she slipped it out.

The housekeeper Yao Kun's daughter-in-law came up with a tray, Xi Niang took the red bowl, walked to Yingluo, and fed her dumplings with red chopsticks. She took a bite and covered her mouth with her right hand to chew.Xi Niang laughed, walked up to Fu Heng again, fed him, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and sang again: "Take the box of picks and ropes."So Zhuzhu held a wooden box, Xi Niang opened it, and showed it to everyone. Inside was a rope, and then handed it to Yingluo happily.Fu Heng looked at her with a smile, Pearl was laughing, Xi Niang was laughing, the whole room was laughing.

In a daze, everyone went out, Fu Heng held her hand and looked at her.She didn't dare to look at Fu Heng, her heart was beating violently, and she kept her head down.After a while, Fu Heng said: Yingluo, you are so beautiful today!Then he reached out and touched the long tassels on her headgear, the sparkling red and gold.Yingluo still has a kind of disbelief in her heart, she just feels that Fu Heng is still far away from her, although preparations for the wedding started early in the morning, she left the palace three days ago.

That night, Fu Heng took her and Pearl Xiaoquan out of the Old Summer Palace in secret. It was already late at night when they arrived at the house in Chunshu Hutong by car, and she was so sleepy that she fell asleep.The next morning, Fu Henglai told her that the wedding is today's arrangement, saying that Mrs. Fucha will come to accept the gift, but no one else in the family will come. Their wedding will be a quiet little wedding. According to the auspicious time, in the afternoon Shen Zheng used dinner and saluted at three o'clock in the unitary hour, and Xu Zheng joined the room.On that morning, she gave him the wedding dress she made for Fu Heng, the same red satin as hers, embroidered with five bats holding birthday flowers with black thread, and embroidered words with dark gold thread, The flowers are sparsely embroidered with golden flowers.Fu Heng took it happily and apologized, saying that their wedding could not be made public, and even the shaman blessing ceremony was not easy to hold.She just shook her head.

Thinking of this, she asked: Has Er Niang gone back?It's getting late.Fu Heng let out a "huh" and said: After the salute, I will teach someone to send it back, don't worry.My mother said she was happy for both of us!Yingluo nodded, then looked at Fu Heng.Although she was already his wife after the wedding, they had been separated for too long. Since the tenth year of Qianlong, she hadn't seen him much, because he was married and no longer served as a guard in the palace...

Let’s not talk about the past, but now, although the time from leaving the palace to the wedding is very short, there is actually enough time, but the two of them even talk about business affairs, and in the middle he was allowed by the Queen Mother to meet her again in Yuanmingyuan, The two discussed some things about the wedding.That day, she asked Fu Heng to send her the wedding materials for the two of them, but they just sat and talked to each other, and it took only half an hour before and after. Later, the things were brought to her by Xiao Quanzi, and she never saw him again before leaving the palace. Because "the imperial concubine is already seriously ill."And after yesterday morning, she hadn't seen him, until now, although, in fact, it was just over a day, the two of them were somewhat "closer to the hometown and more timid"?Or has it become plain enough to "respect each other as guests"?

According to the etiquette, unmarried couples are not allowed to meet, but she feels that there is really an invisible gap between her and Fu Heng, not because of the etiquette.Then she laughed to herself: she and Fu Heng are not boys and girls anymore, she is almost 28 years old, and Fu Heng is seven years older than her, already 35, and married.marry?In fact, Fu Heng has never really married, and she is no longer a girl.Thinking of this, she felt stabbing again. This must be the gap between her and Fu Heng. Even if she raises her eyebrows together, she will not be satisfied... She and Mrs. Fucha have not yet met face to face. After saying a few good words and putting a gold collar on her, she thanked him respectfully.This is Fu Heng's meaning, saying goodbye after getting married, although she understands that this is Fu Heng's consideration for her.

But she didn't continue her thoughts, and only heard Fu Heng say: Yingluo, this is for you.She just looked over and saw a half-palm-sized jade butterfly pendant on his slender hand, so she smiled slightly, and also took out something from under the quilt to give to Fu Heng, and said, "I'll give it to you." It is also jade pendant.This is the white jade dragon pattern pendant of the Warring States Period that Fu Hengcheng hung on his body later.

Fu Heng put the two jade pendants side by side on the bed, stretched out his hand, hugged her, and said softly: Yingluo, I'm so happy, you finally married me, it's a pity that my sister can't see it.Yingluo suddenly felt sad in her heart, and Fu Heng's tone was cautious, as if she was afraid that she would be wronged and unhappy.Oh, Fu Heng!Wasn't he the one who was wronged?For a dignified military officer, the wedding cannot be made public.She suddenly let go of all her scruples and reservations, stretched out her hand, hugged him, and said: Fu Heng!I am so happy too!Fu Heng was agitated, separated the two, and raised her face. Yingluo's big black and white eyes looked directly at him. Fu Heng's heart was pounding, and he was in a daze. He moved closer to Yingluo and kissed her red lips. Then I closed my eyes.

Yingluo smiled and closed her eyes.She felt that Fu Heng was careful, as if he was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, and then suddenly remembered that this was their first kiss!They have known each other for 14 years, but they didn't kiss for the first time until now, on the day of their marriage! 14 years!He is young, younger than her, but she, in the three years in the Old Summer Palace, she actually lived a life similar to a widow, in fact, it was no better than him, she and the emperor, she just served the emperor, It's only been two years, and the number of bedtimes is not too many, because she doesn't like it, how could she like it, she is doing it for revenge, and the emperor, he is the husband of the former empress, and he deliberately forced Erqing to her. Fu Heng, separate yourself and Fu Heng!

I don't like not going to bed in a natural way... In fact, she and the emperor, she can't even remember, three years, not a very short time, longer than the time she stayed with the emperor...

Vermilion lips pressed together, and pink faces cuddled together. Fu Heng's youth passed quickly. Ying Luo felt hot, hot on her head, and hot on her body, but she didn't want to push Fu Heng away or interrupt him. The strangeness disappeared naturally...Fu Heng kissed her neck, she raised her head naturally, and moved her hand from Fu Heng's back to hold his head, but immediately touched the tall red hat, and both of them were shocked. Laugh and separate from each other.

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[Purple Jasmine Foundation] Chapter 44 of "Dream of Red Mansions", when Sister Feng found out that Jia Lian was cheating, she hit Ping'er angrily, and Ping'er ran to Yihong Courtyard in anger.It happened to give Baoyu a chance to be courteous.This paragraph has a more detailed description of cosmetics.The original text "Baoyu hurriedly walked to the dressing table, opened a Xuan kiln porcelain box, which contained a row of ten jade hairpin sticks, and handed one to Ping'er. He smiled and said, "This is not lead powder." , This is the purple jasmine seed, which is made by crushing and mixing with spices." When Ping'er poured it on his palm and looked at it, he saw a light white and red fragrance. It’s like other powdery greens that are heavy and astringent.”

According to the "Quan Shi Gong Ci" of the Ming Dynasty, during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, "the purple jasmine was collected in the palace, studied and steamed, and the name is 'pearl powder'." Some places of the purple jasmine are called evening primrose.Its seeds have a black skin, wrapped in white endosperm.Dry the seeds, peel off the outer skin, crush the endosperm inside, and filter to get white and fine powder.There is a unique fragrance of plants, which is light and pleasant.Then, refer to the practice of a high-grade foundation "bead powder" recorded in the "Zhuyu Mountain House Miscellaneous Department" Volume [-] "Yanjianbu · Living Room Matters" by Song Xu of the dynasty: "White clay, Angelica dahurica, broken beads, musk , light powder, eagle strips, mituoseng, gold leaf, silver leaf, cinnabar, sliced ​​brain. The right is the fine powder. Put the top-grade fixed powder into the beginning of the hosta flower, steam it, and the flower is blue and black." That is, put a pile of Traditional Chinese medicines for beauty and beauty, including gold leaf, silver leaf, cinnabar, etc., are ground into powder, mixed with mirabilis flower seed powder, put into hosta flower sticks, steamed until the flower sticks turn black, and then taken out to dry. It will work.

【Rose Paste】Ancient lipstick, mentioned in Dream of the Red Chamber.The luxury in ancient China was extravagant in one "exquisite".The folks, nobles and courts all use roses as rouge, but the rouge of the court does not consider the cost at all in terms of materials, manpower and craftsmanship.According to the memoirs of the court ladies in the late Qing Dynasty, "The Palace Maid Talks", the production of royal rouge has extremely high requirements for petals, which must be uniform sandy red.Hundreds of catties of petals are picked one by one, and it is not bad to pick out ten or twenty catties in the end.The stone bowl used to pound the petals must be pure white marble, with no metal visible.Finally, the gauze used to filter the flower juice must not have any hairs, and there must be no impurities in the flower juice.The flower juice after steaming and disinfection is an excellent dye.Something like beeswax with powder and fat is rose cream, similar to today's lipstick.Cut thin paper and fine cloth into small pieces, soak them in rose juice for ten days and half a month, and then take them out to dry. It is the kind of rouge in TV dramas, and the effect is similar to today's lip dye.

[Tiaogan Tianzi] This is actually a woman's dress in the late Qing Dynasty, which is very gorgeous. The headgear that Erqing used when she got married in the play also belongs to this category.

One of the wedding rituals of the Manchus is that the bride changes her bride's makeup and sits quietly in the tent, which is called "Zuo Fu".When getting engaged, the two families have to go through many important procedures such as talking about marriage, making a small gift, giving a big gift, and picking a rope. Among them, "leaving a rope" is an engagement ceremony with more Manchu characteristics.In the custom of the Manchus, the ancestral box is enshrined in the house, and there is a special rope inside to record the lineage of the family.If a child is born, a knot is tied in the rope.When the woman gets married, she should take out this rope and bring it into her husband's house. [Invite Shaman] Blessing is also one of the wedding ceremonies.