Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Not to mention the undercurrent of love in Yanqing Zhai, after a lot of thinking, Li Yu went to Qisi Tower on the afternoon of the second day, and told Concubine Rong everything about the night before.Concubine Rong was wearing a pomegranate red dance dress and lychee-colored gold embroidered soft shoes, and she was circling around. Seeing that Li Yu hesitated to speak, she told Han Guli and everyone in the room to go down.Then he held Li Yu's hand and sat down on the couch, and asked Li Yu to sit at the table and talk, and laughed after listening.Li Yudao: Madam, don't laugh, you don't fight, but others are fighting, the imperial concubine is fine, but the people below, who don't want eternal glory and wealth, not only the slaves understand, the emperor understands even more!

Concubine Rong was soft and short of breath, thin beads of sweat appeared on her fresh face, she fanned her face with both hands, and sighed with a smile: Li Yu, it's hard for you, it's for me.If others want to fight, let them fight, can you stop it?Wei Mei has so many imperial heirs, the people below her naturally think they should.

Li Yu only felt the fragrant wind, and sighed: How many imperial heirs could the empress have!The slave just felt that this person was not enough, and there was no end to it!The emperor also thought in the same way. When he came back last night, he said to the servants: "You will send an order to the empress tomorrow, so that the noble concubine will have her toes in her belly. She will feel very uncomfortable and feel depressed. I want Concubine Qing to take Yongyan to move into Yanqing." Zhai accompany and take care of'.When she came back, she said: "Don't worry about tomorrow, let's pass the winter solstice. Lu Wanwan told me on that day that he would do a sacrifice to Yong Lu, so that the two of them would not be sad together."The heart of a loving mother and loving children is as thick as the ground and as high as the sky'.You see, don't you?If it's not for the master's understanding, this screwdriver must be a slave to look good!Can't the harem stop for a while?Can't the emperor be relieved?Not to mention consoling the master to take care of the emperor's heir, but also teaching the noble concubine to give the people around her to the emperor, and what to do for the emperor?The emperor is now going to visit the master.Besides, for someone, the emperor wants it?Who is Long Live Lord?

Concubine Rong laughed and said: "Okay, okay, it's enough for me to comfort the emperor, but it's a big deal to come to comfort you, a slave. The emperor is worried about Wei Mei."It's human nature for Mrs. Li to think so, Mr. Li don't take it to heart.Li Yudao: "About Miss Ayi, she understands it in her heart, but she is just pretending to be stupid, so that the master and other palace masters are of no use."She was lucky, because she belonged to Yilu's family, and some old acquaintances in the garden at that time made the master say that she was from a great family, educated, good-natured, and young, the most secure, please the emperor's grace, let her She enters the palace to serve by her side, the most important thing is to treat her kindly, what else can I do?Was the last thing you said out of anger?Do you care if the emperor will go or not?This is safe?Hey!

Concubine Rong laughed again.Li Yudao: Don't laugh.In this palace, there are no small things, there are three feet of waves when there is no wind, the last time the maid, if it wasn't for the empress to let her go out and give 30 taels of silver, she can hire a doctor to treat the illness, Ying'er's life It's gone.When the empress was here, the palace would not be so strict, but the servants are really easy to face, look at what you just said, can you just ignore it?Concubine Rong stopped fanning and looked at him.

Li Yu immediately lowered his voice and said: "Yes, this servant talks too much, this servant talks too much."But about Ying'er, the slave didn't say a word in front of the emperor, the empress can rest assured.Concubine Rong said softly: "Sun Fang is looking at your face, and this is also a good thing you did.Big and small matters are fine, Bengong said to Ayi, 'it's none of our business', you also remember, we should do whatever we want.Speaking of getting up and turning around.

Li Yu also hurriedly stood up, nodded, and in his heart he cast all his heart on Concubine Rong. If it wasn't for Concubine Rong, he wouldn't have thought of taking care of Ying'er in the past. He, and Sun Fang, why didn't they know each other because of a dyer? The little maid took the risk of offending the queen.The empress doesn't want to talk about Ying'er, just because she doesn't want Long Live Lord to be bothered.He looked at Concubine Rong, and remembered what happened last year...

It was hunting in Miyun last year, one day after the emperor stabbed the tiger, he saw the emperor come back with Concubine Rong in his arms, his face was anxious, and there was no guards behind him, seeing Concubine Rong with her eyes closed, her small face like white paper, her horseback His face was stained with blood, and he was shocked.The emperor didn't tell the imperial concubine to treat the wound, but ordered to boil the heat-clearing potion directly, and only let Caiyun enter the house, which was even more strange.

Later, Doro Kuaima took the lead, leading Fukang'an on a fruit horse and other guards, came back in a cloud of smoke, and led the guards to kneel in the corridor to plead guilty, saying that they had lost their master, but Xue Ying's eyesight was so bad that he could finally find his mother. deer, and brought back its young.He passed on the emperor's oral order, instructing the attendants today to go to Mr. Fu Heng to record their faults, but they were exempted from the penalty. He also taught Doro to take good care of the deer, saying that Concubine Rong missed them very much, and it was Concubine Rong's intention to forgive them. (Note: A fruit horse is a pony)

The emperor himself stood in front of the bed and refused to be visited by others, including the queen mother, and Fukang'an was not allowed to enter.Three days later, he announced his return to Beijing, took Concubine Rong all the way in Luanjia, and asked Doro to bring Xiaolu.He saw the fawn's shiny fur and lovely writing, so he carried it into the sedan chair.Seeing Concubine Rong lying on her side on the yellow curtain bed, her chest was covered with a fine spring green mattress, like weeping willow silk, her spirit was slightly weak.He hurriedly said hello, and put the deer by her side, Concubine Rong smiled and nodded at him, gently stroked with her hands, the deer had just been weaned not long ago, it was jumping off abnormally, but it was lying motionless.But the emperor was sitting under the shawl window, reading the booklet behind the red sandalwood table, looking at it in the light, but it seemed clearer.

On the way, the queen sent him to ask questions, and he replied with a smile: Don't worry, empress, the emperor is very well, and concubine Rong is also well.Yuan Chunwang said from the side: The emperor has just finished hunting, and it is inconvenient for Master Rong. What the empress means is, Mr. Li, don't be careless and let people take the opportunity to break the rules of the palace.He immediately suppressed his smile, and solemnly replied: The emperor lives in the palace, and when he goes to the ladies, he serves according to the rules. When hunting, the emperor goes to the imperial physician to deliver soup and medicine on time every day.In the past few days, Master Rong was injured, the emperor was concerned, so he couldn't help but take care of him more, and only Miss Caiyun was left to support her, and the rest of the maids were not allowed to enter the house. The outhouse was staffed by slaves, Desheng and eight young eunuchs, who were always ready to serve , where the slave's duty lies, I dare not be negligent, please rest assured, master and empress.As he kowtowed, he suddenly understood the matter of Concubine Rong's injury...

Afterwards, the queen mother also sent him to ask questions. He said that the emperor was nervous about Concubine Rong, and there was indeed nothing serious. Please rest assured the queen mother.Two days ago, the Empress Dowager asked Fu Heng to ask about it. Fu Heng did not hide the fact that the guards were deliberately thrown off by the emperor, and asked Duo Luo to keep everyone in the guards secret.After returning to Beijing, the emperor personally wrote a letter and sent it to Ye Tianshi. Although it was only a few words, Ye Tianshi understood it at a glance. Pharmacy, don't know.Concubine Rong said she was going to fast, and asked Li Yu to withdraw her sign, and he reported it to the queen.

One day, he was standing outside the gate of Zaoyun Building, and the monarch and his ministers were talking in the open room. He heard Fu Heng say to the emperor: I ask the emperor to be courteous and self-respecting, and don't love too much...Then his voice lowered, and The emperor also said something in a low voice, which he did not hear.After a while, I heard Fu Heng say something in a low voice: the future will be long.Then, Fu Heng opened the door and came out. Seeing that there were tears on his face, he went silently, and hurried into the room. He was surprised to see the emperor leaning on the dragon chair with his eyes closed, his face terribly hurt. Immediately knelt down and said: Long live God, please take care of the dragon body!

The emperor shook his head and said, "It's nothing if I and Fu Heng talked about Rong Yin.He was taken aback, why didn't he say Master Rong?Nod, kowtow again.The emperor opened his eyes, and said slowly: A husband and wife are deeply affectionate, and the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers is the absolute best.He didn't understand the meaning of the emperor's words, but he understood that it was because Concubine Rong was admonishing and comforting the emperor, and the emperor thought of the former empress, so the two of them felt sad for each other...

The little male deer has grown so big now, with a round head, a pair of beautiful small antlers, and many white spots on the chestnut red fur.After the doe recovered from its wounds, it was released back into the forest, but it refused to go, so it was kept in the deer garden in the palace. If Concubine Rong was fine, she would go to feed and hug it every day.

Thinking of this, Li Yusheng sighed with emotion, he couldn't tell others, but Concubine Rong, she was absolutely sincere to the emperor!Lord Long Live treats Concubine Rong the same way!After last year’s incident, when the medicine was decocted in Baoyue Tower and sent to Qisi Tower, the emperor handed down to Concubine Rong every day, asking her to take the medicine three times on time, be sure to take the medicine before meals, and reward her with various fruit snacks that she likes every day, so that she can drink it. The medicine lasted for more than half a month, and how much high-grade ginseng was used... Long live God is the son of heaven, rich in the world, and can decide anyone's life or death with a single sentence. Concubine Rong would not accept Ayi either.He knew about Mrs. Fugui's matter. The empress was the most unhappy, and she hated the palace daughter the most, but the master and empress also knew the pain in the heart of the Long Live Lord, so she didn't say anything...

Only Concubine Rong said: "It's snowing, I'm going to see Youyou, Manager Li should go back to the palace to serve the emperor."Li Yu smiled and said: "The emperor is now 'please train', Mr. Fu Heng is at the side, and then talk to Mrs. Fu Heng and Mr. Debao. You don't need slaves in front of you. The slaves will serve your mother, right?"That little deer boy really knows how to get close to people!It's no wonder that you are thinking about it, and you still have to take a trip when it's so cold.I haven't seen the servant for a long time, so I just went to have a look together!And the servant is going to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to remake the brand for the empress.

Concubine Rong nodded, and asked Han Guli to come in and change her clothes. After changing her clothes, she added freshly fried walnut tea and ten bayberries soaked in sugar water.Then, Li Yu put on Concubine Rong a dark golden color embroidered dragon and phoenix Kunqiu. Seeing that her eyes were shining, her face was plump, her body was tall and tall, her eyebrows were black and her temples were blue, reflecting the white and bright snow windows, she was very beautiful, so I praised her. Said: "The narrow-sleeved military uniform and hat that the Lord Long Live rewarded yesterday, the empress looks the best in it!"Knowing that she used the conch Dai thrush that Persia paid tribute to, yesterday the emperor gave Master Fu Heng a box. This afternoon, Lu Wenhong brought Mrs. Nalan’s letter in. When the emperor read it, he caught a glimpse of a line on it:

Could it be that the black marks are green, but the holy eyes are green.

Can't help but be filled with joy, seeing Concubine Rong, she is the favorite concubine of Yulu's favor!And her personality and disposition are comparable to those of the former empress and empress, and she has never been spoiled or arrogant. How could the emperor not love her more than her?

Concubine Rong only smiled softly at him, Li Yu put on a sable cloak for her again, and tidied up Kunqiu's two belts diligently, and said, "The servant is going to call the empress' warm sedan chair."As he spoke, he put back his black mink hat.Then I heard a rumor from a young eunuch outside that the leader of Yanqingzhai, Mr. Gui Yuan, came to send the imperial concubine's tea party invitation to Concubine Rong and bless her.Li Yu looked at Concubine Rong, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Since then, the tea party for the noble concubine has become a regular practice.If you don't leave the palace, it will be held every three to two months.Ayi accepted the invitation every time, but she just sat on the side and waited on Concubine Rong.Seeing that she didn't talk much, Mrs. Li knew that she didn't understand the language, so she quietly asked her if she was happy to be a wealthy person.Ayi smiled and replied: Ayi obeys the orders of the master and the emperor.Then there is no other word.Li admired Concubine Rong more and more, and felt that it was not a random act that she gave Ayi to the emperor.

A few years later, the queen was suddenly imprisoned, and Wei Mei was subsequently registered as an imperial concubine, ruling the six palaces.When Mrs. Li thought about the events of this year again, she couldn't help feeling very emotional.Wei Mei is an idiot, and she is also an idiot, and Wei Mei's sixteenth elder brother died again. This is actually all fate, and it can't be controlled at all... Since then, a lot of people's feelings for the world have been restrained, and the six palaces have praised the imperial concubine's side Mrs. Li, like the new master and empress, pity the old and the weak.

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Completed, it will be set as [Completed], and will continue to reply to comments.If I write a new episode, I will post it again.A friend said that writing about Concubine Rong and Fu Heng, because they have official spouses, may cause public outrage:) If it is written, it is just an encounter in the early years. After Concubine Rong enters the palace, it is a new chapter for everyone...

[A husband and wife are deeply in love, and the courtesies of the monarch and ministers should be absolutely] It means that because of the deep affection with Concubine Rong, I don't care about the courtesies of the monarch and ministers.I am also emotional, I and Rong Yin were originally a passionate married couple, but back then Rong Yin was restricted by the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers (the queen must respect her status and abide by the etiquette), so that the two could not communicate with each other, Rong Yin has always been depressed, and even more hateful suicide.Both the first queen and concubine Rong were ministers (concubines).

[Snail Dai] is a Persian treasure, the thrush is the greenest.The two sentences recorded by Yingluo come from the poem about Luo Zidai in Ming Dynasty novels.

【Dyeing】is one of the seven works of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Embroidery workshop is also one of the seven works.

[Whistle deer] Qing emperors hunted in two ways, one is to whistle the deer, and the other is to encircle.When watching deer, only the emperor and a few personal guards accompanied him, and when encircling, thousands of soldiers needed to be mobilized.So the Miyun hunting in the novel is just a deer whistle.Regarding the scene of Emperor Qianlong watching the deer, according to the description of Prince Zhao Lian who accompanied Mulan in his "Xiaoting Miscellaneous Records": "When Emperor Gaozong hunted Mulan, he personally drove the famous horse at dawn, and ordered the guards to guide them into the deep mountains. When you find a herd of deer, order a guard to hold up a fake deer head, make a yo-yo sound to attract the doe, and shoot arrows to kill them."

Female (pin4) deer refers to adult female deer.Yu Yonghe, a person from the early Qing Dynasty, described the ecology of deer in his book "Fan Jing Supplement", saying: "The deer is counted by its horns, and the difference of every horn is a year, just like a horse's age is measured by its teeth. Fans live by shooting deer from generation to generation. , I have never seen one with more than seven divergences. Xiang said that deer immortals and beasts live long, and that they are white at five hundred years old, and mysterious at one thousand years old. They are really nonsense. The deer shot by bamboo cuttings, the whole body is pure white, and the horns are only two divergences. Occasionally, the hair color is different, and the book is not enough to believe it... The doe has four-month-old breasts, and the breasts are extremely fat, and there is a fetal deer in the abdomen. Avoid other mountains, and worry about the prostitution of deer..." Deer mate|mate from August to November every year, and the pregnancy period is 8 to 11 months.

The scale of the encirclement is even larger. The guards have to first detect the number of animals and report to the emperor. After deciding on the location of the encirclement, before the fifth watch, the minister of encirclement will lead the Eight Banners, the soldiers of the Tiger Spear Battalion, and the shooters of various tribes. All out of the camp, depending on the size of the paddock, mountains and rivers, they are divided into two wings to form a circle.At first it was several tens of miles away, but then it became smaller and smaller, and the beasts were systematically forced out of the forest to a flat hillock about two or three miles away from the emperor's camp.At this time, outside the circle, a second circle was formed by the soldiers of the Tiger Gun Battalion and the shooters of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes.After everything was arranged properly, the emperor came to the paddock with the support of princes, ministers, and guards; all the animals within twenty or thirty miles nearby were enclosed in the paddock and allowed the emperor to shoot and hunt.Usually the emperor chooses the largest stag as the target to hunt; when the emperor shoots the stag, all the Manchu and Mongolian princes and ministers who are watching cheer and congratulate.

"Mulan Hunting Picture" was completed by the Italian missionary Castiglione, Jin Kun, Ding Guanpeng and eight other court painters. It consists of four long scrolls, namely Branch Camp, Down Camp, Banquet, and Encirclement. It describes the scene of Emperor Qianlong leaving Beijing for Mulan Autumn.In the fourth volume of the encirclement, there is a tense scene of Emperor Qianlong riding a galloping horse, bending his bow and shooting a big stag; Wonderful and realistic, the viewers seem to be in this grand autumn hunting of Mulan.

Eating deer meat and drinking deer blood while hunting is a custom of the northern nomads including the Jurchens for generations, and deer blood is an exclusive product for the royal family and dignitaries.Both Kangxi and Qianlong were very fond of hunting, but those in good health always drank deer blood and became very angry.The secrets of the palace and the emperor's private life are not known to many outsiders. One reason is that they avoid the taboo of the saints. Later generations can only make some inferences from the visible historical records, the knowledge of foreigners at that time, and the poems of literati, including the emperor's poems. , For example, Kangxi had so many women, so the harem events arranged in novels and plays are all fabricated based on these inferences.In the previous episode, I mentioned roe deer meat, which is the best delicacy for hunting.It is recorded in history that in the Mulan paddock, Qianlong rewarded all the concubines with the wild boar he had hunted, and rewarded concubine Rong with roe deer meat alone.

If there are no outsiders, the order of [Emperor's daily meeting with people] is-

The first batch must be the Minister of Military Aircraft, who will ask for an order on a case-by-case basis. After the decision is made, the Minister of Military Aircraft will immediately pass it on to "Dalami" (the leader of the Zhangjing of the Military Aircraft), and write an edict before submitting it to the emperor. , referred to as "Ting Ji".Particularly important or confidential ones shall be personally written by the Minister of Military Aircraft.This is because of "accepting the purpose" and "expressing the purpose".Military and state affairs are generally decided during the period from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] am.

After the military plane retreated, Fang summoned other ministers and workers.Its sequence is:

[-]. Special purpose to summon personnel, including relatives, ministers of various ministries, governors, etc.

[-]. The "please train" and farewell of the great officials of Fengjiang outside, which are called "bici".

[-]. Taoist priests and magistrates "introduced" alone.

Fourth, the collective "introduction" of state and county officials.

[-]. Minister of the Interior

This order is not static, nor do we meet all the five groups of people every day, but the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the last to summon, because the things discussed are trivial and time-consuming, it is better to have all the people who should be summoned. Yes, Chen Guang can calmly inquire.What Li Yu said about talking to Mr. Fu Heng and Mr. Debao was to meet the Minister of Internal Affairs and talk about the affairs of the internal government.Fu Heng is also the chief minister of the House of Internal Affairs. In the novel, he is set to be in charge of the internal affairs of the emperor and the empress dowager, so the emperor's internal affairs must be reported to him.He is still the minister in charge of the guards, so he is also responsible for the protection of the emperor under the jurisdiction of Doro.In addition to being the leader of the military aircraft, Fu Heng is also the emperor's first-class confidant and the most trustworthy person. He knows the emperor's internal affairs, including matters with Concubine Rong, second only to Li Yu, and knows better than Li Yu.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were tens of thousands of eunuchs at most.In his later years, Kangxi talked with his ministers about the old news he heard from the old eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty in the palace in the early years. It is said that there were too many eunuchs in the court, and they could not deliver meals every day. Wake up, that is, there is a possibility of starving to death.Although there were restrictions on the number of eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty, there were still about [-] eunuchs at most.Eunuchs also have grades, the highest is the third grade, and Li Lianying is the only eunuch who wears a red top.The heads of eunuchs are called "dulingshi" and "leadingshi", but they are generally distinguished by "chief" and "chief".Roughly, the heads of eunuchs in the empress dowager, emperor, and queen's palace are the chief managers, while the concubine's palace has only the [chief].From the general manager to the eunuch, the concubines they serve are called "Master", and the emperor is called "Long Live Lord". Lord Kangxi".In the novel, the master and concubine refer specifically to the queen/imperial concubine (because there is no queen), and the other concubines are distinguished by their titles, such as Master Ling and Master Rong.

Eunuchs have different joys and sorrows, unequal labor, rich and poor, and the distance may exceed any class or industry.On the surface, the treatment of eunuchs is not much different. The highest is eight taels of silver, eight catties of rice, and thirteen hundred cash per month; Baiwen.But the rich eunuchs, their generosity, are like myths. Puyi said in his autobiography: Ruan Jinshou, the second manager I use, changes a fur robe every winter, all of which belong to Diaolingyan, Diaozhuren, Diaozhuren, etc. Mink neck, no heavy ones.Just the suede Quanhailong leather jacket he wore on New Year's Day was enough for a small Beijing official to eat for a lifetime.Where did these people get their money?The first is to link up with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Whenever there are major projects and celebrations, such as the construction of palaces, mausoleums, and weddings, conditions must be discussed first.The second is the rewards given by the masters in the palace.Therefore, as the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Li Yu not only has status and power, but also is very rich. In the novel, the emperor thinks that he is too rich, hehe~ Only princes above the second rank can eat sable fur, so he wears that hat ostentatiously. It can only be a special gift from the emperor, just like Concubine Rong's sable.

【Re-branding】It implies that Concubine Rong's brand is often turned over, so the paint will fade quickly, and a new one must be made.The episode of Whistle Deer is in Chapter 44 of volume six.The sable is worn by the noble concubine, the concubine should use green fox fur, and the empress should use black fox fur and sable fur.Spring green is also a Chinese color. It is half green and half yellow of the first-born willow leaves, but it is lighter than that, and it is slightly more white than white.Ginseng used in medicine is a tonic, so drink it before meals.