Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

The emperor was discussing matters with the Minister of Military Aircraft in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He was discussing that the head of Dahe Zhuoboronidu would be sent to Beijing by the king of Badak Mountain in a few days, including appeasement and other matters. Seeing Li Yu coming in from the outside, there was He didn't pay attention to the words.It was almost noon, after the minister of military aircraft left, he called Li Yu up.Li Yu whispered a few words in his ear, he thought for a while, and said: Tell him to come in.Li Yu dismissed all the eunuchs in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and led Xiao Quanzi into the inner room.

Xiao Quanzi immediately kowtowed and said: I have seen the Lord Long Live, please greet the Lord Long Live.The emperor said: Long time no see, get up.Xiao Quanzi got up, took out the letter from his arms, lowered his head and handed it to the emperor with both hands.The emperor wondered: Didn't you just call me back?Xiao Quanzi said: Yes, this is from the master.The emperor was stunned for a moment, his heart agitated, he squeezed the envelope tightly, but then put it aside, and said to Xiao Quanzi: You go ahead.Xiao Quanzi said: Your Majesty, the master said that she will write to you from now on and ask the servant to write to you.The emperor was very happy, but murmured: Is there something going on between her and Fu Heng?

Xiao Quanzi hurriedly said: "Master and Sir are very good, the Emperor is at ease, how dare Your Excellency neglect Master."The emperor nodded and said nothing.Xiao Quanzi said again: Imperial Physician Ye has visited the master recently, and everything is fine now.The emperor nodded again, but still did not speak.Xiao Quanzi said: Master can go to the street now, she is very happy!The emperor asked: Where is she going?Xiao Quanzi said: No matter where it is, I have been to Chang'an Avenue and temples.The emperor nodded and said, "All those people should follow."Xiao Quanzi said: Yes, there is absolutely no mistake.The emperor said: If you make a mistake, be careful with your heads.

Xiao Quanzi said: Yes, I understand.Then he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this servant wants to ask for a grace to let this servant go home."The emperor looked at the letter, then at him, and said, "What did she know?"Or did Fu Heng know something?The emperor's voice was not high, but Xiao Quanzi suddenly felt a chill on his back, and hurriedly said: No, no, the master doesn't know anything, she just asked the slave to deliver a letter to the Long Live Lord.Adults don't know anything either.

The emperor said: Then why are you?Xiao Quanzi kowtowed and said: Long Live Lord, I don't want to be lazy, I want to come back to serve you, but I have been dismissed by the palace, so I can only go home.The emperor smiled and said: You can't come back.Xiao Quanzi was shocked again, before he could speak, Li Yu came in and said: Your Majesty, Wu Min and Yi Lu are here to see you because of the Old Summer Palace.The emperor said: Got it, tell them to wait outside.

After Li Yu left, the emperor said softly to Xiao Quanzi: "Your work in that mansion is the same as serving me in the Hall of Mental Cultivation."I am your master, and she is also your master, you have to remember it.Stop talking about going home.You go back first and tell Li Yu something.Xiao Quanzi had no choice but to say: Yes.

Li Yu led him out from the back door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, saw him unhappy, and said with a smile: Xiao Quanzi, your errands are not doing well?The emperor is not happy?Xiao Quanzi said: Director Li, this servant wants to come back to serve the emperor.Li Yudao: I know, that master is not easy to serve, but who makes our emperor like it?Don't say it's you, if other people dare, that's too... Li Yu stopped talking, but made a gesture of wiping his neck.Xiao Quanzi said sadly: You still understand the little one's difficulties.

Li Yu smiled and said: "I understand, it's not easy for you to be caught in the middle, the emperor and she are both powerful masters, but our emperor, didn't we all obey her in the end?"Although this errand is difficult to handle and people cannot know about it yet, but you, if you serve her well, you will have great fortune in the future, and I am afraid that you will not be inferior to me!Xiao Quanzi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, you are joking. In the Forbidden City, there are no princes, ministers, concubines or concubines. To put it bluntly, who can pass you? What kind of onion is Xiao Quanzi? Even the emperor I haven't waited on it yet, and I never dare to have this kind of heart.Li Yudao: What about outside the palace?Xiao Quanzi looked at Li Yu, was taken aback, and said: Your Majesty... Li Yu smiled and said, "Go back."

Out of the Forbidden City, Xiao Quanzi thought about the words of the emperor and Li Yu all the way, and countless thoughts turned in his mind. Suddenly he felt that his future was bright, and suddenly felt that his little fate was more unpredictable and dangerous, but when he thought of Pearl, he always felt very sad , He had already left the Forbidden City for three months, and when he came back to the palace, he felt a little strange. Thinking of the way the emperor looked at him made his heart tremble. The more he thought about it, the more he admired Li Yu, but the thought of going back to Chunshu Hutong also felt difficult.After Wu Min and Yilu left, Li Yu told the emperor about the conversation between Xiao Quanzi and himself, but of course he didn't mention who the emperor finally obeyed.

The emperor smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"Li Yudao: "Yes, Your Majesty, this servant is just trying to appease him. The servant sees his frowning face. That master is really not easy to serve."The emperor snorted and said with a smile: I haven't said anything yet, a slave is complaining?As he spoke, he opened the letter.Li Yu hurriedly laughed and said: "Yes, yes, this servant is just making fun of the Long Live Lord. This servant also finds it funny to see Xiao Quanzi like that. This servant is going to pass on the food."The emperor said: Wait.As he spoke, he slapped the letter on the table.

Li Yu was startled, and wanted to read what was written in the letter, but he didn't dare to read it, so he asked cautiously: Your Majesty, did she make you angry again?The emperor said angrily: "This Wei Yingluo, write me a letter and still not be called the emperor, you are too brave!"Li Yu glanced sideways at the letter, only to see that there was only one piece of paper, and the opening sentence was "Fourth Master respects..." He scanned down again, and didn't see clearly what was written, but he saw several concubines The word, and look at the inscription, and see that it is "the concubine bows again".I couldn't help but laugh.

The emperor said: What are you laughing at!Li Yudao: "Long Live Lord, how can you be so smart, how can you not understand, she is afraid that if this letter falls into the hands of others, it will be revealed!"The note she sent you for the first time didn't have any title!You didn't say anything... The emperor snorted and said: I want you to tell me!Why don't I know!But her courage is too fat!Is it her name for fourth master?Li Yu smiled and said, "Once again...you think she is born with you!"The emperor said: Nonsense, she is Fu Heng's now... Li Yu said: The emperor calms down, it is a slave talking nonsense, and the slave is going to pass on the food.Talking and walking quickly.The emperor looked at his back and nodded heavily with his hands.

When Li Yu came back, seeing the emperor's face really full of anger, he was startled. He just complained in his heart, and said to himself: Empress Ling, oh, no, Miss Yingluo, you are torturing slaves!In an instant, Xiao Quanzi understood everything.Suddenly the emperor said: "Go to the military plane and call Hong Zhou!"Li Yu thought to himself, what does this matter have to do with the prince?But hurriedly said: Yes, the slave will go now.On the way back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Hong Zhou and Li Yu asked him, "What happened, Brother Huang, isn't it lunch time?"

Li Yu waved his hand and said: "My lord, don't ask, the servants don't know, the emperor is angry!"You have to be careful.Hong Zhou said: Thank you, Director Li, for your suggestion.The two entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and sure enough, they saw the emperor having lunch. Li Yu felt relieved when he saw that the emperor's expression was normal.Hong Zhou bowed first, and the emperor smiled at him and said: "This dish is good today, you should try it too."Hong Zhou hurriedly said, "my brother dare not."The emperor pointed to a plate of dishes on the table, and said to Li Yu: "Give it to Prince He, and give him a seat."

Hong Zhou sat down at another table, Li Yu brought the chopsticks, Hong Zhou saw that it was a plate of shredded chicken with golden needles, raised the chopsticks to take a bite, and said to the emperor: "It tastes really good, thank you, Brother Huang."The emperor said: How are those lamas of the Yellow Sect recently?Hong Zhou said: "It's still the same. Brother Huang, you said they gathered a crowd for a meeting, but the younger brother didn't see it. There are people who go shopping in brothels, but you said you don't want the younger brother to startle the snake, so the younger brother didn't bother, and continued to monitor."The emperor nodded, took a few mouthfuls of food, and suddenly slapped his chopsticks on the table. Li Yu was startled, and only heard the emperor say: You are watching, why did they go to Chang'an Street to make trouble?You don't come to report to me?

Hong Zhou immediately stood up and said, "Go to Chang'an Street to make trouble?"The younger brother really didn't know, so he went back and questioned the people below.The emperor suddenly stood up and said: Hong Zhou!It has reached the point of harassing the Muslims in broad daylight, and you are still giving me sloppy eyes? !Where is that on Chang'an Street?Do you know what the mosque I built is for?Hong Zhou hurriedly said: "Brother, please calm down. Lamas may behave out of line on the street because they are living Bodhisattvas, but the imperial court has a clear order that all kinds of people are not allowed to look down on and harass the Hui people. I can't imagine that they are so bold." , I'll go through it now, and then I'll call back to Brother Huang.

The emperor snorted and said, "Live Bodhisattva!"Li Yu and Hong Zhou didn't dare to show their air.

The emperor sat back again and said: "I'm not busy at this moment, I'll go after dinner."He also motioned for Li Yu to come up and bring food to Hongzhou.Hong Zhou just wanted to finish his meal and leave the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but he couldn't be too eager, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.I just heard the emperor say: Hong Zhou, these people in the Military Aircraft Department are all staring at you and me, you have to do your job well, don't embarrass me!If something happens, I won't be able to protect you!You need to understand who you are.

Hong Zhou said: Yes, my brother understands the difficulties of the emperor.Did someone say something in front of the emperor?The emperor said: As long as you do your job well, who can say anything?Hong Zhou said: Yes!After finally coming out, Hongzhou thought to himself, he was fine when he discussed with the emperor this morning, and Fu Heng was handling the matter of going back to the ministry, and the emperor was worrying about not being able to catch Huo Jizhan, so the fire was ignited What does the emperor know about himself?But it doesn't look like...

Thinking of this, he asked Li Yudao: "Eunuch Li, after the court meeting ended this morning, did Lord Fu Heng come to see the emperor?"Li Yu shook his head and said, "I haven't seen Lord Fu Heng, nor have I seen any other adults from the Military Aircraft Department.Hong Zhou said: Thank you very much.Said he left.

He thought about it all the way, and suddenly heard someone in front of him say softly: "And the prince."He was taken aback, stopped in his tracks, looked up, and saw Concubine Rong standing in front, followed by sedan chairs and guards.This is the second time he and Concubine Rong have met. Concubine Rong is wearing palace attire and kicking on the bottom of a flower pot. He didn't dare to recognize her for a while, but when he smelled the fragrance, he knew it was her, so he hurriedly saluted her and said, "See you at Hong Zhou." Concubine Rong, are you going to see Brother Huang?

Concubine Rong smiled: "Yesterday when the emperor went to Baoyue Tower, Shen Bi was unwell and did not wait on him. Today he came here specially to apologize to the emperor."Hearing this, Hong Zhou's eyes flashed, and he said: Concubine Rong, Hong Zhou has a few words, I don't know if I should say them or not.Concubine Rong said: "Please talk to the prince."Hong Zhou said: "The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, and he often stays up all night. The concubines in the harem should be more considerate. If there is nothing important, it is better not to disturb the emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. This is also what the Empress Dowager and her elders have always meant."

Concubine Rong laughed and said: "Prince He cares about the emperor, which moved the concubine, but the concubine was ordered by the queen mother to bring snacks to the emperor."As he spoke, he looked at the colorful clouds around him.Only then did Hongzhou see that the maid was holding a food box in her hand.So he nodded and said: "The Empress Dowager is also sympathetic to the emperor brother, please let me go, Hong Zhou will leave."

When Hong Zhou was far away, Cai Yun said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean with the Prince?"When is it his turn to take care of the emperor and empress?Concubine Rong smiled and said: I heard that he often goes to the Empress Dowager.Caiyun said: Why is he staring at you?Don't want your brain anymore?Why did he keep running to the harem when he was busy with official duties in the previous dynasty?Although he is a prince, he is also a foreign minister, so he should always avoid suspicion.Concubine Rong paused, seemed to be thinking about something, and then said to herself: So it is like this.

Caiyun continued to say: I heard from Ling Zi, who was next to Empress Concubine Qing, that Prince Fujin often went to the palace to meet the queen recently, and he often went to see the queen mother. What is this family thinking?Concubine Rong said: It is a special order from the emperor that his Fujin accompany the queen, because of the matter of the thirteenth elder brother, the emperor likes his brother, in the future, I will have to see him often, let's go.

When he arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor was very happy to see Concubine Rong, and asked her if she had a good rest today, and ate a few pieces of snacks, and said: "Emperor Niang really likes you now."Concubine Rong hurriedly knelt down to thank her, and said: "Thanks to the emperor's kindness."The emperor smiled and said: You also have to be called Huang Erniang.Concubine Rong said: "Concubines dare not overstep."The emperor stretched out a hand to help her up, halfway through the support, stopped, looked into her eyes, smiled and said: You want to call.Concubine Rong felt very strange. Seeing the emperor looking deeply at her, she suddenly felt great pressure, she nodded unconsciously and said: "The concubine obeys the order."

The emperor smiled and helped her up.At this time, someone outside reported that the empress had come to see the emperor by order.Seeing that the snacks had been delivered, Concubine Rong wanted to leave, but the emperor shook his head to signal her to stay and told the queen to come in.After the queen came in, she saw Concubine Rong was there, saw her salute herself, ignored her, and greeted the emperor.The emperor said: "Empress, get up, I am going to the Old Summer Palace in two days, so I will tell you two."The Queen and Concubine Rong were very surprised.

The emperor continued: "I'll be back after a few days."Seeing Concubine Rong's expression, the queen knew that she didn't know, and she was very happy, and said: "The emperor is the lord of Wansheng, where to go depends on the holy will, and there is no difference between courtiers and concubines."The emperor said: I know, but the empress must take my concubines to take care of the daily life, the empress sees, who is suitable?I listen to the queen.

Only then did the empress understand why the emperor summoned herself, and said calmly: Since the last time it was Concubine Rong's younger sister who went there to serve as the holy driver, then this time she will be sent as well.Concubine Rong hurriedly knelt down and said: Your Majesty, Empress, Shen Bi is not feeling well, please forgive me for not being able to serve the Emperor.Then he glanced at the emperor, and said: "The empress asked Shen Bi to explain the Quran to her in the next half month. Shen Bi has already delivered the imperial edict. Please understand the emperor and empress."