Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

The emperor was still in the Yujing Garden, but he deliberately let the army go back to the Forbidden City first, and left a dozen guards to accompany him in the mansion.After the two finished talking, Yingluo saw that it was two quarters past noon, so she left the emperor to have lunch in Yujing Garden, and the emperor hesitated.When Li Yugang sent Yaerhashan back, seeing the emperor's expression, he knew that he wanted to stay here for lunch, so he said, "Your Majesty, let's go back after eating. When you came in the morning, you ordered the imperial kitchen to deliver lunch to Mrs. Nalan." Well, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has made a note of it, it's the same as the one in the palace, the madam can't finish it by herself.She said and looked at Yingluo.

Yingluo stepped forward, took the emperor's arm and said: Your Majesty, Director Li is right, you know me, Yingluo is the same as the former empress sister, she dislikes extravagance and waste, so you can just eat a couple of bites here, otherwise Fu Heng will be happy. It's my fault for neglecting you when you come back from the mansion.The emperor was elated, but reluctantly said: "Okay, but I have to go back to review the papers after I finish eating."

So Yingluo immediately ordered Pearl and Xiaoquan to come up to wait for the emperor to wash his hands and face.The emperor looked at the two of them, and smiled at Yingluo, "Is it still possible to use these two servants brought out together?"Xiao Quanzi was startled, and he heard Yingluo say: "Pearl has heard and listened to the teaching, but she is already a couple with this cunning slave. I only found out about it two days ago."After speaking, he looked at Xiao Quanzi.Xiao Quanzi was even more startled, wondering why Yingluo brought up the old story again, but he couldn't show it on his face.Pearl just smiled and said nothing.The emperor looked at Xiao Quanzi and said: Are you making your master unhappy?Xiao Quanzi quickly knelt down and kowtowed, stammering: No...no...

Yingluo smiled and said, "Fourth Master, I see that you are scaring people. I am asking you to do something good for the two of them to make you happy."Li Yu thought to herself: Look at Miss Yingluo, the fourth master's words are smooth enough, Your Majesty, it's just a duplicity!The emperor said: This is not the palace, your people, what you say is what you say.Yingluo understood that he was repeating what Fu Heng said, so she smiled at him, and then said to the two of them: "I still don't thank the Lord for your kindness!"

Pearl also immediately knelt down, kowtowed to the emperor together with Xiao Quanzi, and said at the same time: Thank you, Your Majesty, for your fulfillment.After the two got up, the emperor looked at Xiao Quanzi and smiled, which means you said to go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation last time?Xiao Quanzi understood and smiled shyly.Li Yu smiled and said: Madam is right, this kid is just cunning!Everyone laughed.

When the emperor returned to the Forbidden City in the sedan chair, he felt indescribably happy again.Li Yu was also beaming in his heart, thinking: Lord Yalhashan has done a good deed, it seems that Lord Long Live will come here often!Maybe Long Live Lord will keep his head when he is happy!

Early in the morning, Hai Lancha took the emperor's handwritten letter and brought in a Hui elder to do daily confession for Huo Jizhan.After the reopening of the mosque, there were quite a lot of people in the morning. A masked girl in a cotton robe came in early in the morning to perform morning prayers and never went back. She was dressed very ordinary and no one noticed her. Then her brother came, The two went to the chapel on the right while everyone was not paying attention.Concubine Rong would not come until the evening ceremony, so there were no guards there, and the white and gold-patterned gate opened as soon as it was pushed.So she went in with her brother and closed the door, which was locked from the inside.

After the two entered, there was a man dressed as a Hui nationality waiting for them inside. This man was dressed exactly like her brother.When the two saw him, they immediately bowed down and saluted. The woman said: "Master Fu Heng."The three talked for a while, and Fu Heng said, "I'll wait at the door outside."So he went out through the door leading to the outside.

This woman and her elder brother are Concubine Rong and Huo Jizhan who came out of the prison.After Fu Heng left, the two sat on the ground, and Concubine Rong leaned into Huo Jizhan's arms.Huo Jizhan hugged her, Concubine Rong smiled at him and said: "I didn't expect to see you again."Huo Jizhan said: I thought you didn't want to see me again and wanted to forget everything about the past.Concubine Rong said: I said it last time, I understand why you did that, how can I blame you.

Huo Jizhan kissed her on the top of the head, and said: Fatima, at that time the whip hurt her body, right?I'm sorry...the people who hit you I also made them kill themselves...I know, you are so smart, you will understand.Fu Heng told me how kind the Emperor of Manchuria was to you. I am very relieved that one day you will forget me.Concubine Rong said: "My today is all given by you, everything I have today is all given by you, how could I forget you."Huo Jizhan said: Then listen to me and forget about the former person, he will only bring you pain.

Concubine Rong said: Then I will only bring you pain, why don't you forget me.Huo Jizhan said: You are my wife.Concubine Rong said: You know that... you still want to marry me, I'm sorry, I've made you suffer for so long, if I knew this day would come, I should have told you that I fell in love with you.Huo Jizhan said: If you love, you love, if you don't love, you don't love. Allah doesn't like liars.Concubine Rong said: Every time I see you in such pain, I blame myself, why can't you leave me and forget me.

Huo Jizhan rolled up his sleeves, his left forearm was covered with fine knife wounds, Concubine Rong looked at these wounds, and gently stroked them with her hand.Huo Jizhan looked at her with tears in her eyelashes, put down her sleeves, and said: When I am in pain, I really don’t want to see you again, but as long as I cut a small opening with a knife to let the blood flow out, I feel that my pain With relief, I feel like I can see you again.In fact, what else do I expect?You have been my wife a long time ago, I have had you a long time ago, and you are very good to me, I am already the luckiest man in the world.

Concubine Rong burst into tears, choked with sobs and said: If you abandon me, then you really want to get away and leave me forever, it would be great, why did you come?If you don't come, nothing will happen.Huo Jizhan gently stroked her long hair, and said affectionately: From the first time I saw you, I knew that I couldn't live without you in this life, but it's a pity that I can't be with you and protect you forever, I violated the oath I made to Allah when I married you. At that time, I said that I would treat you well and take care of you for the rest of my life. This is Allah’s punishment for me. Don’t be sad.But I don’t regret it, Fatima, the day I raised the army, you said I would regret it, but I don’t regret it, why do we obey the Emperor of Manchuria?It's just that I failed and hurt you, I'm sorry.I can't take care of you anymore, but I have found someone to take care of you.

Concubine Rong burst into tears, held his head and kissed his lips.Huo Jizhan hugged her tightly, but they only kissed for a while, then he pushed her away, stood up, and said: I am leaving, you must forget me and him, you are now Manchuria Emperor's woman.I believe that he will take care of you for the rest of his life, you must be well, let me rest assured.Concubine Rong cried and said: Allah will not forgive me, I will love you in the next life.

Huo Jizhan knelt down again, held her in his arms, wiped her tears, and said softly: "You didn't apologize to me, I wanted you to follow the Emperor of Manchuria, you have to follow him well so that I can leave, Go see your daddy.You said it in front of so many people that day, and I understood.And the letter you wrote to me, your hair, Fu Heng also handed it over to me, I will always carry it... You have never deceived Allah, he will bless you.Allah he has forgiven me too, so he let you promise me an afterlife, I am very happy.Fatima, don't cry, don't worry, I will love you in the next life, whether you love me or not, you are still mine, I will give you the best, I have already sworn to Allah, On the day I leave you.

As he spoke, he straightened her hair, looked at her deeply for a while, and said softly: You will always be mine.Letting go of her hand, she stood up and went out through the door leading to the outside. Concubine Rong was dejected to see his back disappear behind the door, and fell to the ground with tears streaming down her face.

After a while, she heard Fu Heng's voice: Concubine Rong, Fu Heng will take you back.She sat up, straightened her hair, wiped away her tears, then stood up, smiled at Fu Heng, and said softly: Thank you!Someday I have the opportunity to meet my wife and thank her face to face.I heard that she is much better, thank God.Said bring back the veil.Fu Heng said: "Okay, my wife wants to see you too."The two walked towards the inner gate together, and when they were approaching the inner gate, Concubine Rong suddenly fell on Fu Heng.

Fu Heng was taken aback, lifted her veil, and saw that her face was extremely pale, and her breathing was weak when she poked her hand. After thinking about it, he felt that she might not have slept for a few days. At the beginning, I couldn't fall asleep, and I was extremely worried about these two people. I probably prayed from day to night for the past few days, exhausted to the extreme.But if he carried her out, it would definitely attract the attention of the people in the lobby.So he carried her back to the middle of the small hall, put her on the carpet, and sat by himself.

After a while, Concubine Rong woke up, recalled what happened just now, and saw Fu Heng sitting on the side, so she struggled to get up.Fu Heng held her down and asked: What do you think?Concubine Rong smiled and said: I'm fine, let's go, I've delayed you for too long.So Fu Heng said: Offended.He helped her up, but she still couldn't stand firmly, so she could only lean on him, let the two be side by side, and his right hand held her left hand to prevent her from falling.Concubine Rong blushed, but fortunately she was pale and covered her face, so she didn't attract attention.

After leaving the inner door, Fu Heng locked the door, slowed down, went out the outer door of the corridor, and locked the outer door again.When the two went out to the lobby, many people were still worshiping there, but fortunately no one noticed, and everything went smoothly when they left the temple gate.But she still had to lean on Fu Heng, and Fu Heng had to hold her hand, and the two walked forward together.

It was almost noon now, and the crowds on Chang'an Avenue were bustling with people, and they couldn't walk any faster. Fu Heng was not in a hurry.Concubine Rong said softly: Fatima has caused you trouble.Fu Heng smiled and said: It's okay, we will be there soon.After walking for a while, he turned into an alley, where a carriage was parked. Outside the carriage, there were a man and a woman dressed as Hui people and several attendants. Seeing the two of them coming in, they both saluted Fu Heng and were surprised by Concubine Rong's appearance.

Fu Heng handed Concubine Rong to the woman, and said to the man: You are welcome, Mr. Fuguo.Concubine Rong said: Brother and sister-in-law, I'm fine, let's go.Then he smiled at Fu Heng and said, "I will definitely see Madam next time."Before he finished speaking, tears welled up in his eyes.Seeing her crying again, Fu Heng knew that she had been hurting Huo Jizhan all the time, felt sad, and said in a low voice: Take care.It took a while after the carriage left before Fu Heng came out of the alley and walked into the crowd.

In the evening of another day, the emperor took the Elder Xuan Li to the mosque for the second time to worship, and all the Hui people were very happy again.After the prayer was over, the emperor took Li Yu to the small chapel on the right. Concubine Rong and her elder brother Tur, the first-class Duke of Taijifu, were already waiting for him inside.Seeing him come in, she knelt down and greeted him.The emperor told Turdus to get up and go back, so Turdus saluted again and went out through the outer door.Then the emperor himself pulled Concubine Rong up, took a look, and said: I have been too busy these days to take care of you, seeing you haggard like this, it seems that your brother and sister-in-law did not take good care of you, I will talk about Turdu later.

Concubine Rong forced a smile: Thank you, the emperor, for your kindness, for allowing Shen Bi to live in my brother-in-law's house these few days.Shen Bi has been praying and praying, hoping that Allah will forgive my sins. This is what Shen Bi has to do. They have been persuading me, so you must not blame them.The emperor held her in his arms and said: You are not guilty, but I am the one who is guilty.Concubine Rong stretched out her hand to press the emperor's mouth, and said: Your Majesty, it's all because of Shen Bi's fault, so let's not talk about Shen Bi.The emperor said: "Let's go, I will take you back to Baoyue Tower."The two went out of the mosque, and the lights outside were just coming on. The emperor took her to sit in the imperial palace, she leaned on the emperor's shoulder, and remained silent.

Back at Baoyue Tower, Caiyun hadn't seen Huo Jizhan since the day she was arrested, because she never went back to Baoyue Tower, and went directly to Dong'anfu Hutong from the Hall of Mental Cultivation the next day. She looks sad and sad, but it's hard to show it in front of the emperor.Concubine Rong took a bath and changed her clothes, and changed back to her palace attire.Caiyun dried her long hair, she sat in front of the mirror, the emperor picked up the comb from the dowry, stood behind her, and combed her hair.After combing it twice, Concubine Rong was startled, and hurriedly said: Your Majesty, it's better for Shen Bi to come by himself.

The emperor held her down and said: Don't move.The emperor combed her a few more times, and then looked at her in the mirror, and felt that her face was obviously a big circle smaller, her eyes were full of sorrow and confusion, and her long eyelashes were still like fine and small brushes, which was another kind of breathtaking beauty. beauty.The emperor stood to the side and hugged her in his arms. Concubine Rong suddenly felt relieved in his breath and closed her eyes. This was the real closeness between her and the emperor after that day.

Baoyue Building made preparations early in the morning, and when the dinner was served, Concubine Rong lost her appetite and barely moved a few chopsticks, but the emperor ate with great relish and kept looking at her quietly.After the meal, Concubine Rong wanted to pray again, but the emperor stopped her from doing it, so they sat on the couch, Concubine Rong leaned on the emperor, still in a daze without saying a word.The emperor said: Shen Bi, don't do this, if you do this, I will not be able to forgive myself even more.Concubine Rong said: Your Majesty, don't blame yourself, this is none of your business.The emperor sighed for a long time, and said: Why is it none of my business, I should have made you happy.

Hearing the emperor's tone of voice was very sincere, Concubine Rong felt sour in her heart, and tears rolled down like beads with a broken thread.Since Yujingyuan came back that day, the emperor didn't say anything to her. She knew that the emperor was angry with her because of Mrs. Nalan's matter, and because she saw Huo Jizhan, she was so sad for Huo Jizhan, and she felt very sad. Not happy, but she didn't care, at this moment suddenly seeing the emperor's soft words, it seemed that he was full of affection, but it touched everyone's heart.

The emperor turned to hold her in his arms, and Concubine Rong couldn't help crying, and the emperor gently stroked her head.It took a while for Concubine Rong to stop her tears, and the front of the emperor's clothes was wet.Concubine Rong was embarrassed and wanted to change the emperor's clothes.She asked Li Yu to come in, but the emperor asked her to change and let Li Yu go out.She was dizzy, and most of the time it was the emperor who did it himself. After changing, just as she was about to take away the wet clothes, the emperor grabbed her, picked her up, and put her on the bed.