Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Yongxuan suddenly felt very happy in his heart. Although the queen has never been favored, she is the lord of the six palaces after all. She is respected by the emperor's mother. She is already a great blessing, but remembering that the fifth elder brother has only been with Concubine Rong for a few days, the two are so close, and they are always envious.So he said: "During the time when the Queen's mother was away, my uncle and aunt asked someone to go to elder brother's place to see the son-in-law.

Yongxie felt that the smile on Nalashi's face seemed to be a little frozen, and Nalashi had already stood up, just as his haha ​​bead Ketu came in, Nalashi said: Serve your master well, Yongxuan, the queen mother has something to do , I will see you later, you will rest in Chengqian Palace tonight.Then he went out.

Fu Heng returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the emperor was still seeing guests. Seeing him coming in, he asked with his eyes. Fu Heng smiled and shook his head. The emperor felt relieved and continued to discuss matters with people from Tibet with a smile.

After the luncheon, the emperor took Hai Lancha Li Yu to Chengqian Palace, Nala was very happy to see him, and immediately took him to see the fourth elder brother.The fourth elder brother was still lying on the bed. When he saw the emperor coming in, he was about to get up. The emperor held him down, sat by the bed and smiled at him: Are you feeling better?

The fourth elder brother said: Yes, thank you Huang Ama!Huang Ama specially came to see the son-in-law, and the son-in-law was terrified and happy!The emperor smiled and said: "Yongxuan, it's all right. When I was young, I fell off a horse too. It's not a big deal. The imperial doctor has checked it carefully. It's all right. Don't worry!"The fourth elder brother said: "Yes, I know, I haven't seen the queen's mother for a long time, and I will go back to elder brother's place tomorrow."Nala hurriedly said: Yes, Your Majesty, it was the concubine who kept him here.The emperor smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk, you two."Yongxuan, you have a good rest, I promise you to take riding and archery lessons in two days.

After the emperor came out, Nala followed a few steps and said, "Your Majesty, it is rare for Yongxuan to be here tonight. Why don't you come and have dinner together? The concubine will ask the kitchen to prepare your favorite dishes, and then I will call Twelve Let's talk together, elder brother, and the whole family, Yongxin hasn't seen you for a long time.The emperor looked at her and said: I still have something to do, let's go to another day, and go to Elder Brother and ask them to go together.Nala followed a few more steps, and the emperor said softly, "Queen, please stay and take care of yourself."Said to go.After walking for a while, Li Yu turned his head and saw that Nala was still standing there in a daze. Suddenly, a feeling of sadness arose in his heart, and he hurriedly followed Hailancha and the emperor in front of him.

After dinner, when Fu Heng returned home, Ying Luo was still sitting on the bed waiting for him.After he went to bed, he said that Yingluo didn't go to bed early, but Yingluo asked, "Why is it so late today?"Because of the fourth elder brother?Fu Heng nodded and said: Your Majesty is afraid that someone will make a fuss about this matter.Yingluo said: How could he doubt the queen so much?Fu Hengdao: Qian Zhengyuan fell off his horse and died in his heart should have a great shadow.The fourth elder brother was raised by the empress, she would not do him any harm, but today's incident of falling from a horse may be aimed at other elder brothers.

Yingluo was taken aback, and said, "Yongqi?Fu Heng nodded: It can only be him. The only princes of the emperor who are about to grow up are him and Yongxuan, and he gave Yongqi to Concubine Rong. The harem is the confrontation between the empress and Concubine Rong.Yingluo thought for a while and said, "Master, I don't think the Empress would do this."Now that she is pregnant, she will not do anything to her elder brother. The matter of Yalhashan's son is because it is a continuation of Huo Jizhan's incident. She wants to avoid future troubles, but now, I think she will not want to get involved bloody.

Fu Heng only put his hand on her lower abdomen, and said with a smile: Because you understand?Yingluo said: Yes, there is a life in the belly, no matter how cruel a woman is, her heart will become soft, and if she manipulates a horse, it is so easy to control, and the fourth elder brother will also be in danger.But whether this is an accident or not, we'll see.Fu Heng said again: "In a few days, the emperor will come to us."

Yingluo asked in surprise: What?What is he doing again?Fu Hengdao: He wants to come to the theater and ask us to build the stage first.So he explained the emperor's will in detail, held her hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's okay, I will be there too."Go to sleep now.With a bitter face, Yingluo sighed: I am really looking for trouble for myself!

Caiyun felt that Concubine Rong was unhappy when she came back from the palace today, and thought that it was because she went to the racecourse to watch her elder brother ride and shoot, which touched her heart and reminded her of Huo Jizhan.After dinner, Concubine Rong took out the Dutar and played and sang by herself——

I am a thousand year snow lotus

The beauty you gave is swaying in the wind

And you just a soft kiss

end my attachment to you

I only want to be your snow lotus once in this life

Bloom the most beautiful buds for you

every time the snow falls

waiting to meet you in the next life

I am a thousand year snow lotus

quietly staring into the distance

You promised you would appear when the flowers bloom

I'm waiting crazily

I only want to be your snow lotus once in this life

Bloom the most beautiful buds for you

every time the snow falls

waiting to meet you in the next life

Caiyun has not heard her sing this song for a long time.The singing stopped, and she said in a low voice: the sky will last forever, and this hatred will last forever.Caiyun knew that this was a sentence from Concubine Rong's recent song "Song of Everlasting Regret", and felt sorry for her.So he said, "The servant looked at the fifth elder brother today and felt that he had grown taller again."Concubine Rong handed her the Qin and said, "Fifth Elder Brother looks like the emperor, but his skin is fair. I think her mother-in-law has fair skin."

Caiyun went to collect the piano, and said, "Yes, Concubine Yu has fair and thin skin, and she has a good temper, and fifth elder brother has a good temper."Concubine Rong said: Fu Heng is a good-natured man, but Fu Kang'an is very stubborn. He may also be like his mother-in-law.Caiyun thought of Erqing, and said: "His mother-in-law is also very gentle, unlike... the current Mrs. Nalan."

Concubine Rong sighed, and said: I didn't take you to my elder brother's house those days because I was afraid that she would know you knew who she was.Nalan Minghui is the new name given to her by the emperor, just like the name Shen Bi given to me by the emperor.She and Mrs. Fu Heng have been together for a long time... On the day Ling Fei died of illness...the child should have been born long ago...

Caiyun said: "She doesn't know, you know, does the emperor know?"Concubine Rong shook her head and said: You can't tell the emperor that I know, he doesn't know that I will meet her privately.Caiyun said: I was originally Concubine Yu's little maid. When the fifth elder brother was nine years old, the slave's mother died. I went home for a while, and when I came back, I was never allowed to serve in Yonghe Palace. At that time, Concubine Ling hadn't entered the palace yet. Concubine, maybe she doesn't remember me anymore.

Concubine Rong said: I don't want her and Master Fu Heng to know that I know.Such a big matter is definitely a secret for the three of them. If they know that I know, they will be very disturbed.Unknowingly, I remembered the day when the emperor went to Baoyue Tower for a rest for the first time on New Year's Eve, the day when Fu Heng remarried, all the abnormalities of the emperor.And a few days ago in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor took the initiative to talk about the concubine Ling...Suddenly I heard Caiyun say: Master, what are you thinking?

Concubine Rong said quietly: That day in Yujing Garden, the emperor called her name in a hurry, so I knew it, and when I came back, I asked about your past, and I understood everything.She and Mrs. Fu Heng should be married by the former empress. Because the emperor bestowed a marriage on Mrs. Fu Heng, the two of them could not be together. Later, she entered the palace to avenge the former empress and became the emperor's concubine. But what she likes is still Mr. Fu Heng, the emperor gave them their blessing in the end. This is the secret of the harem.The queen mother and her old man naturally know about it.And Concubine Qing, Mrs. Nalan mentioned Concubine Qing in front of me.So if they knew I knew it, they would be upset.Caiyun asked in amazement: Does the fifth prince also know?Concubine Rong said: He should know soon, Concubine Yu has been ordered by the Empress Dowager to move into Baiyi Nunnery in the east of the city, Madam Nalan should let him meet Concubine Yu soon.

Caiyun said: That's great!The servant is really happy for Fifth Prince!Miss Yingluo is Mrs. Nalan. When the slave first met her, she was still Miss Yingluo, a maid of the Changchun Palace, so clever!At that time, she rescued Concubine Yu, who was pregnant with the fifth elder brother, in Yonghe Palace. We all admired her bravery and cleverness. Empress Hexian came, but the slave didn't know what she said, and then Concubine Gao left angrily.Later, she was also the one who saved Fifth Prince's life from Concubine Gao.She is really a nice person!

Concubine Rong said: Well, she is a brave and smart person. She is as brave and smart as Master Fu Heng.On the day I met her at the Queen Mother's place, I suddenly understood that the note in the mosque was sent to me by someone. She had been by the Queen Mother's side for many years, so she definitely knew about the day with An Jichen. Get to know the Queen.Caiyun said: Lord Fu Heng, at that time he was still the emperor's bodyguard, you don't know how many people in the palace admired him, so he had already taken a fancy to Miss Yingluo!

Concubine Rong said: For a person like Lord Fu Heng, he...should like her, and the emperor...should like it too.When it came to the emperor, the voice was almost inaudible, and Caiyun didn't hear it. She said in surprise: Miss Yingluo was just a maid at that time, a slave in clothes like us.What kind of woman does Master Fu Heng want? !

Concubine Rong shook her head and said softly: You don't understand.Master Fu Heng, he...has never liked his ex-wife.And the emperor gave me the fifth elder brother because of Lingfei.Caiyun was surprised and said: Really?But how could the emperor give his concubine to Lord Fu Heng?Concubine Rong said: Because he knows that Concubine Ling doesn't like him, never did, and never will.Then he said softly: "Forever...

Caiyun didn't know how to think about it, and said: "No wonder, this palace is not allowed to mention Concubine Ling anymore, but has never announced the death of Concubine Ling.Master, don't think about it so much, the emperor loves you now!Concubine Rong smiled and said: I heard from the Queen Mother that the draft will be held in the beginning of spring, and the emperor will not know who the emperor will favor.

Caiyun shook her head and said: No, there is no more beautiful and better woman in this world than you.Even if the emperor really spoils others, you have the queen mother and the fifth elder brother, in this palace, it will be you and the queen empress in the future.Concubine Rong nodded and said: Your Majesty, he treated me really well.The queen mother is also kind to me now.

Caiyun said: You are much more beautiful than the previous Concubine Gao!At that time, the emperor doted on Concubine Gao very much!Concubine Rong said: Didn't you say she is bad?Caiyun said: Well, it's bad, it's bad for all the women in the palace, no matter it's for the master or the slave.By the way, the servant remembered that she had no children either.After Huo Jizhan's incident, Concubine Rong also told Caiyun that she was unable to have children.

Concubine Rong sighed and said: That's because she likes the emperor.Caiyun said: You also like the emperor, but you are very kind to others, and the empress treats you like that, you didn't say anything.Concubine Rong smiled and thought: I said it, but you don't know, Li Yu knows.Then I heard Caiyun say: You treat people just like the empress dowager, you are very kind to everyone, but unfortunately her life is not good, the two elder brothers didn't keep her.Concubine Rong nodded, and said softly: Your Majesty... and Lord Fu Heng, you must be very sad.

A month ago, Yilu saw that the emperor favored Wei Mei in the Old Summer Palace but left her in the Old Summer Palace, so he knew that this woman was not in the emperor's favor. It was just the emperor's whim, and the emperor asked him to investigate Wei Mei's family background, but he didn't know. What exactly was the meaning, but the emperor never asked about Wei Mei again. Wu Min began to go in and out of the Old Summer Palace, but he didn't talk about it, as if he didn't know Wei Mei. He knew that Wu Min should follow the emperor's order. It faded away.

It wasn't until the imperial physician in Yuanmingyuan found out that Wei Mei was pregnant that he had to report it, but the emperor still didn't have any special intentions. He only said not to disclose the matter to the outside world. It's about time, I'm afraid the queen will be unhappy.Therefore, he was still lukewarm towards Wei Mei, and he did not take any extra care except for supplying and seeing a doctor according to the system.Moreover, Wei Mei was the only concubine of the emperor who stayed in the Old Summer Palace. He had a complicated affairs book, and he didn't bother to prepare a separate set for her. It was basically an ordinary big kitchen meal, but it was slightly better than that of a court lady.But Wei Mei often came to pay his respects to him and his wife, because their family lived in the garden nearby, and it was not far from Wufutang where Wei Mei lived.His wife likes Wei Mei's docileness, and he sees her occasionally.

Wei Mei had nothing to do and had no companion for a long time, and completely cut off contact with Wu Min's family, so she often stayed with Yilu's wife at Yilu's house, helping his wife with housework, including some chores in the Old Summer Palace.At the beginning, his wife, Mrs. Li, was still concerned about the boundary between master and slave. After all, Wei Mei was a nobleman appointed by the emperor, but Wei Mei herself didn't care at all.Yilu is over [-] years old, all of his children are married, and his son and son-in-law are working in the capital. Mrs. Li takes care of the master in the Old Summer Palace, shares some garden chores for Yilu, and finds two young concubines for Yilu to live in. Serving here, I am so quiet.

Wei Mei told her that she used to serve Princess Gege in Yujun Wangfu, and she didn't feel that she was much different now.Mrs. Li herself is a Han Chinese. She was originally a young lady from everyone, and treated others generously, so the two of them got along quite well. Wei Mei sometimes helped Mrs. Li with her needlework.After hearing the good news about Wei Mei, Mrs. Li was really happy for her, saying that she would be promoted immediately after giving birth to a royal heir, and that if she gave birth to an elder brother, her future would be even more limitless.Wei Mei smiled, and said that she had never seen any of the many women in the harem, but she knew that she was just a middle-of-the-road person, and she had no family background, so she never expected anything extravagantly.

Knowing that she liked the emperor, Mrs. Li said that after she was promoted to the Forbidden City, she could be with him. Whether male or female, they are both the flesh and blood of the emperor, which is her best thought.Seeing that she has no other thoughts, Li admires her in her heart, and praises her in front of Yilu.Yi Lu only said: It's a good thing she can think so, and I think she can't really hope for anything.Knowing that Yilu's two concubines were younger and more beautiful than Wei Mei, Li pursed his lips and remained silent.

No, after more than ten days, the emperor suddenly issued a secret decree to Yilu, saying that Wei Mei was to study and practice calligraphy in the Old Summer Palace, and learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and appointed all the masters, but he was still not allowed to disclose the matter.Yilu really didn't understand the emperor's intentions, but he treated Wei Mei a lot better since then.Wei Mei was originally a lady of the official family, her father was a scholar, her family was not far behind, she had studied for a few years, and she had a good foundation, Yilu heard from her masters that she was smart and hardworking, and they admired her even more.Mrs. Li was very happy for Wei Mei, and felt that one day, she would become famous.Wei Mei just said that the emperor gave her such a good learning opportunity, and she must not let the emperor down.