Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Concubine Rong's heart sank, knowing that the emperor was talking about the former concubine Ling.She then quietly said: To make the emperor miss you so much, she must be a smart person, right?The emperor said: "It's smart, that's cunning. She's not as reassuring as you are."Concubine Rong smiled and said: Your Majesty, do you feel relieved about Chen Bi?Shen Bi thought you were angry with me!

The emperor said: "What's there to be angry about? I still remember what you said. I trust you."Concubine Rong looked at the emperor, and the emperor smiled at her.Concubine Rong nodded slightly, and said: Shen Bi said earlier that this life belongs to the emperor.Then he rested his head on the emperor's shoulder, and said: Shen Bi will remember your kindness to me forever.The emperor patted her head with a smile.Concubine Rong said again: Then do you still blame Master Fu Heng?The emperor snorted and said: "He made a good claim, of course I blame him!"

Concubine Rong smiled and said: The concubine is asking him about taking care of the concubine.The emperor snorted again, then sighed, and said: He... even if I send you to him, he won't really look at you.Concubine Rong's face froze, then she smiled and said: Isn't Shen Bi not good-looking?The emperor looked at her and said with a smile: "Of course it looks good!"But he only sees another person in his eyes.

Concubine Rong continued to beat his shoulders, and said with a smile: You mean Mrs. Nalan?The emperor hummed, suddenly losing interest.Seeing this, Concubine Rong said: You are tired, can Shen Bi help you to sleep?The emperor shook his head and said: I have been sleeping in the car all the way, I can't sleep now.Concubine Rong said: Then Shen Bi will accompany you to the bed to talk, okay?The emperor nodded.

After the two lay down on the bed in the dormitory, Li Yu stood guard outside the door as usual.Because there was no bed curtain, the voice inside could be heard very clearly.Only Concubine Rong said: Your Majesty, do you want to tell the concubine about Lingfei?Li Yu was shocked.He also heard the emperor say: "What is she doing? When she is here, she just makes me angry."

Li Yu was taken aback again, and thought: Long live Lord, do you really want to tell Concubine Rong?There was no sound for a long time.Suddenly Concubine Rong asked again: You miss her so much, she must be beautiful, right?The emperor snorted: It's far worse than you.Li Yu quickly covered his mouth, otherwise he would have to laugh out loud.Concubine Rong also smiled lightly.The emperor said angrily: What are you laughing at?Concubine Rong said: So it turns out that you sent this person because you missed someone.

The emperor sighed and said nothing.After a while, I asked: Have you seen you with the prince recently?Li Yu was startled again, held his breath and listened.Concubine Rong smiled lightly, and said: You and the empress have left, what does he still see me doing?Li Yu was extremely surprised, it turned out that Concubine Rong knew.The emperor said: What do you mean?Concubine Rong said: Foreign ministers are not allowed to enter the palace without authorization, you are not in the palace, foreign ministers don't even have to run away from the Hall of Mental Cultivation, how can they see you in the harem?Prince He would often go to pay respects to the Empress, but Shen Bi had never met him when she went.

After a while, the emperor said: "He's not..." Concubine Rong said: "What isn't it?"The emperor didn't know what to say for a while.Concubine Rong laughed and said: Your Majesty, you know even if you don't mention Shen Bi, he also looks at another person in his eyes!Shen Bi knew it the first time she met him at the Queen's Niang.Li Yu was relieved, but suddenly he was worried again, and said, "Oh no, Concubine Rong, this is... the emperor really snorted angrily.

Then I heard Concubine Rong say coquettishly: Your majesty, so, go and tell him not to look at Shen Bi again, Shen Bi is the emperor's woman, if he wants to be dissatisfied with Shen Bi, he will tell you directly, Shen Bi listens to you, you You have to decide for me.The emperor seemed to pat her and said: Don't worry, if he dares to say one more word, I will take off his hat!Concubine Rong laughed again, and said: "Isn't he your real brother?"The emperor snorted again: Brother, does he think I am his brother?

Li Yu was frightened out of his wits outside, thinking: Prince He, who is not good for you to offend? You offend Concubine Rong, the servant can see that this lady has a good temper, but she can kill people without blood, and... how much has the emperor ever done? Women, I can't stand it...Suddenly I heard Concubine Rong say: You take the empress outside, and Shen Bi is going too. I'm suffocated to death in this palace!The emperor said patiently: I am doing business.Concubine Rong said: "I don't care about Shen Bi, you will take Chen Bi with you wherever you go in the future."The emperor said: What?Concubine Rong said: You belong to Shen Bi!The emperor laughed: So you would be jealous too.

Concubine Rong snorted: Your majesty, you are wrong, Chen Bi has no complaints about whoever you go to, but the empress can't.Li Yu was startled again, thinking: How can this master speak directly? !Looks really angry!No wonder... the emperor said: Shen Bi, don't be childish, she is my queen.Concubine Rong said: Yes, you are just saying what you mean.She has everything, a name, a position, and a son, while Chen Bi actually has nothing, and you still say you like Chen Bi.So you have to belong to Shen Bi!Shen Bi only wants you!Li Yu was stunned outside, thinking: This master is too powerful!She really understands what's going on in the palace!

The emperor seemed a little embarrassed, and said: Then you said that I can go to other people.Concubine Rong said: Shen Bi is not worried about others.The emperor said: Why?Concubine Rong smiled and said: Your Majesty, is there really a woman more beautiful than me in this world?The emperor seemed to be bewitched, and said: No.Concubine Rong said: "So, what Shen Bi doesn't have is a famous and honorable son. If you can't give me these things, then you can give me yourself, okay?"is it okay?The emperor said: I have already given you Yongqi.Concubine Rong didn't answer, she seemed to be taking off her clothes, Li Yu started to laugh again.Just listen to the emperor hold her down and say: What are you doing? !Concubine Rong said: What are you doing?Shen Bi is the emperor's woman!

The emperor seemed to be frightened, and said: Shen Bi, what's wrong with you?How did you become like this?Concubine Rong complained very much: I'm just angry, you left me for more than a month!You didn't see me on purpose, and you just said that you would give me to Mr. Fu Heng!Did you mean it?You don't doubt Lord Fu Heng, but you doubt me.Shouldn't I be angry?You just haven't seen me angry before, that's all when I'm angry!The emperor laughed and said: So you are angry with me? !Concubine Rong said: Yes, can't you?The emperor laughed and said: "What are you, you, you, you dare to call me like that?"Are you really not afraid of beheading?

Concubine Rong said: "I'm not afraid, you will kill me right now."As he spoke, he seemed to be angry and sat aside.Hearing her decapitation in a soft and resentful voice, Li Yu couldn't help but want to laugh out loud, so he could only hold it back.The emperor seemed to be going to pull her, but she was determined not to follow. After tossing for a long time, the emperor was very passionately teased, so he pressed her hard on the bed.

Li Yu thought to himself: Your majesty, if you don't agree, you have to agree, right?But hearing Concubine Rong struggling desperately, Li Yu felt startled and thought: This master really dares!I just heard the emperor say angrily: Stop making trouble!Concubine Rong stopped struggling, there was no more sound inside, and the emperor didn't move either.Li Yu was relieved, and just about to wipe off his sweat, but heard Concubine Rong crying in a low voice, Li Yu was at a loss for what to do.

The emperor sighed deeply, hugged Concubine Rong in his arms, and coaxed her in a low voice: Don't cry, it's my fault, but I didn't doubt you.Concubine Rong sobbed and said: You hurt me.The emperor said: I'm sorry, it's my fault, can you forgive me?I have never... Concubine Rong cried for a long time before her voice gradually dropped. The door opened and the emperor came out. Li Yu hurriedly said: "Long live Lord?"The emperor said: "Sleep."Li Yudao: Do ​​you want some water?The servant will get it.

Li Yu brought water, and the emperor drank it outside, Li Yu seemed very happy to see him, and understood in his heart, so he smiled and said: "Isn't Concubine Rong really miss you?"The emperor snorted and said: This woman is troublesome.Li Yu laughed again: Will you really agree?The emperor didn't answer, just heard a thud inside, both the emperor and Li Yu were startled, they hurriedly opened the door and went in to see, only to see Concubine Rong fell from the bed and fell to the ground, woke up, the emperor immediately went to pick her up, she started again Struggling, said: Don't touch me, don't touch me.Li Yu wanted to laugh again, but the emperor glanced at him, and he immediately went out and closed the door.

I just heard the emperor say: "Okay, okay, I promise you, isn't it okay?"Concubine Rong laughed and said: Your Majesty, you are tired from the journey, take a good rest, Shen Bi has returned to Baoyue Tower.As he said that, he broke free from the emperor, walked out, and closed the door when he came out.Li Yu looked at her and smiled, and she also smiled at Li Yu and said: Manager Li, don't make me angry!Saying that he actually went.

When the emperor came out, he saw that she was gone, and said anxiously: "I haven't put on the clothes outside, so be careful to freeze!"Hearing Li Yu laughing with her, it turned out that she hadn't left at all, but was on the other side. The emperor was focused on the direction of going out, so he didn't see her.The emperor said angrily: You two!

Li Yu was busy trying to hold back her laughter, but Concubine Rong had already stepped up, put her arms around the emperor's neck and said, "Do you still make me angry?Do you still give me to others?As he spoke, he pulled the emperor into the door, and then said to Li Yu: Manager Li, laugh!Said he closed the door.Li Yu let out a sigh of relief outside, thinking: This master is really a natural beauty!

Concubine Rong complained again in a low voice: Take it easy... If you think about Concubine Ling again, I will get angry!The emperor smiled and said: I don't want her!I miss you!Li Yu smiled all over her face, thinking to herself: This concubine Rong is similar to Miss Yingluo, she is so amazing!It seems that she just didn't take action before, but the emperor didn't do it on purpose, but it really worked!

This night, Concubine Rong no longer stayed in the east ear room of the apse of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. She had been staying with the emperor in Huazitang, the emperor's dormitory a little west of the apse.On the second day, the emperor still stopped to rest, and the four doors of the Hall of Mental Cultivation were still closed, and the Zunhua Gate outside was also closed.Inside the hall is Xiaozhu Orchestra, singing and dancing, because there is only one person singing and dancing, there is not much movement, and nothing can be heard outside.

In the south of the Yangtze River, you can pick lotus, lotus leaves and He Tiantian, and fish play among lotus leaves.The fish plays with lotus leaves in the east, and the fish plays with lotus leaves in the west.The fish plays with the lotus leaf to the south, and the fish plays with the lotus leaf to the north.

Concubine Rong was wearing a pink gauze and a green lotus-leaf skirt, with a Tang Palace hairstyle on her arm. After singing and dancing this song, she lay motionless on the ground, and the band's music came to an abrupt end. Said: This one is the best!Li Yu and Desheng were just intoxicated, when they were suddenly interrupted by the emperor's clapping, Li Yu said with a smile: "It turns out that your mother has been performing songs and dances these days since you left, and she really misses the Lord Long Live!"Desheng opened his mouth wide and said: It's so beautiful!emperor!Really nice!

Concubine Rong stood up and smiled at the emperor.The emperor suddenly became in a trance. That year, Ning Xin'er sang that the imperial concubine was drunk in her gold-haired clothes, and she laughed like this.Concubine Rong suddenly fell forward, the emperor quickly got up and rushed to help her, saying: "Be careful and feel dizzy."Concubine Rong fell into his arms and said with a smile: Your Majesty, my concubine drank too much!A smell of alcohol mixed with the fragrance of her body, the emperor was really in a trance, she really looked like Ning Xin'er!Suddenly Concubine Rong broke free from him again, and the music started again, but it was the huqin solo, melodious and affectionate. She sat on the ground and sang softly:

Yurong's lonely tears are running out, and a spring pear blossoms with rain.

Looking at the king affectionately, don't have a dim voice.

The Zhaoyang Palace is full of love, and the Penglai Palace has long sun and moon.

Looking back at the people everywhere, there was no dust and fog in Chang'an.

However, if the old thing is expressed affectionately, the alloy hairpin will be sent.

The hairpin keeps one strand and one fan, and the hairpin breaks the gold and divides it.

But the teaching heart is as strong as a gold tin, and the heaven and the earth will meet each other.

Parting diligently re-sent words, the words have vows and two hearts.

On July [-]th, in the Hall of Eternal Life, when no one whispers in the middle of the night.

Wish to be a winged bird in the sky, and even a branch in the ground.

Forever and forever, this hatred is endless.

Forever and forever, this hatred is endless.

Her hoarse and soft voice makes people feel like walking in a fairyland.After the song, the lingering sound lingered, "The sky is forever and the earth will end sometimes, this hatred will never end" echoed in the emperor's mind for a long time. Dreaming of spring, let’s be happy"...

Suddenly hearing Desheng clapping his hands enthusiastically, Li Yu hurriedly glanced at Desheng. Desheng was so frightened that his hands were hanging in the air before he came back to his senses.Seeing that there were tears in his eyes, Concubine Rong leaned on his shoulders and said in a low voice: Does it sound good?The emperor nodded and asked: Why did you choose "Song of Everlasting Sorrow"?

Concubine Rong said: I have already covered this piece in my Chinese class, and Shen Bi has been composing it with Master Lu.Talking and looking at the old man playing the huqin in the band, the old man hurriedly stood up and said: "Go back to the emperor, what Empress Concubine Rong said is that she asked the villain to review this piece together a long time ago."

The emperor nodded, looked at Concubine Rong, and thought: Ning Xiner used to be a favorite concubine, and now she is here again, there is God's will in the dark.Concubine Rong asked: What are you thinking about?The emperor whispered in her ear: Everyone has to like you... Concubine Rong blushed.Seeing this, Li Yu asked the band to go out with Desheng.

After everyone went out, the emperor took Concubine Rong to Sanxi Hall next to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.This is the first time for Concubine Rong to enter Sanxi Hall, she saw a very small room, elegant and simple, the narrow and deep room was divided into two small rooms, the north and the south, with carved nanmu partitions, which naturally felt warm and safe.

The window sill of the south room displays the emperor’s royal stationery utensils. Under the window sill, there is a high and low kang for sitting and lying. quiet.There is a plaque on the top of the imperial seat, which is the emperor's imperial book "Sanxi Hall", and a couplet "Looking at the past and the present with my arms, and entrusting Haosu with my heart" is posted on both sides of the imperial seat.On the wall of the low kang are colorful porcelain wall vases, and under the wall vases is a wooden box of "Sanxitang Fatie" of nanmu, which is fully contained by the large floor-to-ceiling glass mirror on the opposite wall, and the small room suddenly becomes brighter.On the west wall of the north room, there is a picture of Tongjing.

Concubine Rong thought to herself: It turns out that the emperor often spends his time studying here alone.The emperor took out Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow and Sunny Posts" from the fallen nanmu wooden box, and unfolded it for her to read.Because it was not in block letters, Concubine Rong did not know many characters.So the emperor read it again:

Xizhi paused: "It's fine when it snows quickly."I want Anshan.Failed, for the knot.Not enough strength, Wang Xizhi nodded.Shanyin Zhanghou.

Then I talked about the meaning of this post, which is the greetings of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, to his relatives and friends with a happy mood when the snow was snowing and the sun was clear.Concubine Rong smiled and said: Why did you show Shen Bi this post?The emperor whispered: This was given to me by my former favorite concubine.Concubine Rong said: "Where is she?"The emperor was silent.Concubine Rong then put the post aside, took the emperor's hand, and said: Your Majesty, Shen Bi is dizzy and needs to sober up.

The author has something to say:

[Prototype of the Hall of Mental Cultivation] The Hall of Mental Cultivation [Sanxi Hall] is furnished as described in this section.Sanxi Hall is a part of the Xinuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.On the west side of the southern half is a small room, originally named "Greenhouse", which was renamed "Sanxi Hall" in the 11th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1746). It was the reading place of Emperor Qianlong. It means that there were three precious calligraphy in the hall, Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow and Sunny Calligraphy", Wang Xianzhi's "Mid-Autumn Calligraphy" (also said to be copied by Mi Fu), and Wang Xun's "Boyuan Calligraphy".

There is also [East Corridor] in the West Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation: the door on the east wall leads to the open room of the front hall.The door on the west wall leads to the diligent and virtuous, and there are couplets on both sides of the door: "Plum blossoms report peace letters, birds convey happy spring". For grooming purposes. [Diligence and Prosperity]: In the middle of the southern half is the small room where the emperor read memorials and had secret talks with ministers, so there is a group of buildings directly in Yuanmingyuan called Qinzheng Qinxian. The emperor worked there when he was in Yuanmingyuan, but lived nearby "Jiuzhou Qingyan", which has been mentioned in the previous novel.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation [the west part of the back hall] is the emperor's dormitory "Huazitang".The Hall of Mental Cultivation [the east ear room of the back hall] is five rooms wide. It was called "Longxi Hall" in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was the place where the queen lived with her.Yangxin Hall [the back hall west ear room], five rooms wide, was called "Zhenxiang Hall" in the Ming Dynasty, renamed "Ping An Room" in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, and "Yanxi Hall" in the Guangxu period. When the emperor lived in the Hall of Mental Cultivation , here is where the imperial concubine and others live together.In the novel, for the sake of plot needs, it is set that concubines cannot live in the Hall of Mental Cultivation according to the rules, so the west ear room is not involved.

The Xinuang Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation also includes the Buddha Hall, Changchun Bookstore, etc.The East Nuan Pavilion was used to listen to politics behind a curtain. When Ci'an and Cixi listened to politics behind a curtain, they lived with the emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.In short, the Hall of Mental Cultivation is a spacious, complex, subdivided and detailed structure, which meets all the needs of the emperor's daily life, and has very powerful functions.