Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Concubine Rong looked at the emperor often looking at the sixth elder brother, her complexion was not very good, she knew it was because his biological mother was a pure imperial concubine, so she could only sit silently.Yongxie didn't dare to look at the emperor and Concubine Rong, because of his own concerns, he just ate food in suspense.Suddenly I heard Yong Qi say to the emperor: "Huang Ama, I have been studying astronomical algorithms recently, and I think it is very interesting."The emperor came back to his senses and said with a smile: Then tell everyone.

Yong Qi said: Yes.The "Zhou Bi Suan Jing" in the Yongle Encyclopedia of the Ming Dynasty said that around the North Pole, there is unshakable ice in summer, and things can be harvested in the morning and evening. The change of cold and heat is due to the difference between the north and the south.And the so-called vernal equinox to the autumnal equinox often has sunlight, and the autumnal equinox to the vernal equinox often has no sunlight. This is because the day and night are always short and vary with the north and the south.Concubine Rong couldn't understand what he was talking about, and only listened to the emperor's words: "In summer, there is unshakable ice, and in winter, there is immortal grass. Days and nights are eternally short. I have no chance to see these strange scenery. The world is so big, sometimes it is really strange." Humans can imagine.Yongqi, keep talking, Huang Ama likes to hear it.

Yongqi said: Yes.The "New Algorithm Book" compiled by Xu Guangqi, a scholar of Ming University, said: There are eleven books in it, called Fayuan, Fashu, Fashu, Faqi, Huitong, which are called the basic five eyes.The sun is called the sun, the stars are called the stars, the moon is separated, the sun and the moon meet, the stars with five latitudes are called, and the five stars meet, which is called the six eyes of the festival.There are explanations, techniques, diagrams, examinations, tables, and theories, all of which are deep and hidden, and closely related to the sky, which is enough to exhaust the accumulation of Ouloba's calendar.However, at that time, it was restrained by the courtiers. Although two bureaus were established by imperial edict, years of testing and knowing the secrets of the new law could not be carried out.Long Xing, the sage, was used for the palm of others because of its completion.Isn't it the blessing of the heavens that if there is something to open, it must be opened first, and you don't know what to do?My saint, Emperor Zuren, is talented and intelligent, and the heavens and the earth are in harmony. The compilations of "The Essence of Imperial Mathematics" and "Lixiang Kaocheng" are more and more deduced and elucidated, and they study the positive changes.For example, the average number of two and three moons is divided into two tables, and the eclipse is changed from the yellow flat quadrant to the white flat quadrant. It is beyond the reach of the book.

Everyone was confused, but the emperor praised: Yongqi, good!good good good good!If the holy grandfather is still alive, he will definitely introduce you as a bosom friend!

Yong Qi hurriedly left her table, knelt down and said: Thank you Huang Ama for your encouragement!The emperor nodded, and said to the other two: Yong Rong, Yong Rong, you have to be like Yong Qi, find a legitimate interest, study more, don't waste your youth.Yong Rong and Yong Rong then also left their seats, knelt down and said in unison: "Your servant obeys the order!"Concubine Rong smiled and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's rare to have a meal with your sons, and you have to issue an order, so that they have to make rules, why bother?"The emperor smiled at her and said: It is indeed my fault.Then asked the three of them to get up, Yong Qi smiled at Concubine Rong, and returned to her seat.

Yongxie stared blankly at Concubine Rong smiling like a flower, and suddenly heard the emperor's cry, was startled, stood up, blushing.The emperor saw it and asked, "Yongxuan, what's wrong with you?"After a while, I will pass Ye Tianshi to take a look.Yongxie hurriedly said: "Returning to Huang Ama, Yongxie is not very good at drinking, she is a bit on the top."Concubine Rong said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the concubines are ready, so let's leave. Tell my brothers to go back today and have a good rest, so that they can show their skills tomorrow."The emperor taught the three to kneel down.

Concubine Rong served the emperor after taking a nap in the palace, but she herself did not feel sleepy.So she went outside and opened the Koran.After a while, Desheng said back and forth: Madam, the fourth elder brother was outside to see the emperor, and the slave told him that the emperor was sleeping during the rest, and he said he had something to go back, so it was the same to tell the majesty.Concubine Rong didn't want to see him, but she couldn't say anything in front of Desheng. After thinking about it, she said: "Then I'll go out and have a look."When she walked into the yard, she saw the fourth elder brother kneeling there, so she just stood at the door, far away from him, and asked: "Si elder brother, what do you want to go back to the emperor?"

Seeing her come out, Yongxie was very happy, and said: Concubine Rong, Yongxie found a good bow for Huang Ama, and I want to invite Huang Ama to try it tomorrow, so bring it here earlier so that Huang Ama can take advantage of it.After speaking, Haha Zhuzi Ketu, who was kneeling behind, brought a big box.Concubine Rong then asked Desheng to take it, and then said to Yongxuan: Si elder brother, Shen Bi will definitely tell the emperor your thoughts, go back and rest!Yongxie said again: Your Majesty, Yongxuan also has something for your Majesty, she looked at Ketu as she spoke, Ketu immediately took out a small flat box from her arms, and offered it with both hands.

Concubine Rong asked: What is this?Yongxuan said: "This is what you dropped in elder brother that day. I picked it up and returned the original to you."Concubine Rong let out an oh, and took the box by herself.Desheng didn't know what was in the box, so he looked at Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong opened the box, and inside was a folded handkerchief, which was the one she hadn't seen, so she picked it up and said to Desheng, "I can't find this handkerchief, so I went to Elder Brother's place with Concubine Qing that day, and dropped it there." up.Desheng nodded.Concubine Rong said to the fourth elder brother: Thank you very much, you can go back.Yongxuan happily agreed, and took Ketu away.Concubine Rong put the handkerchief into her sleeve and walked back into the house.

At this time, Yongqi went to Fu Heng's yard at an appointment.After Fu Heng talked to him a few words, he said that he was going to draw up a script, and asked him to meet someone in the inner hall. He was very excited, thinking that it must be his mother-in-law.But when he turned into the inner hall, he saw a young woman sitting in the hall, but it was not Haishi, and a maid was standing beside her. He saw that the woman looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was at the moment, and felt that he was alone. The strange young woman was very inconvenient, just as she was about to turn around and leave, she only heard the woman say: "Yong Qi, don't you know who I am?"It seems that you don't remember Pearl either, but do you remember Mingyu?

Yongqi was shocked when she heard the word "Mingyu". She looked at the woman sitting in the hall, and after a while, she asked in a low voice: "Are you Lingmu Concubine?"This woman is naturally Yingluo.So she smiled, stood up, walked to Yong Qi, took his hand, and said softly: "It's me."Yong Qi was even more taken aback, looked at Ying Luo in amazement, and said: You... are you really Lingmu Concubine?So you are still there?Yingluo nodded with a smile, and said: Well, let's sit down and talk.Pearl pursed her lips and smiled, and went down.

Yingluo then let the emperor let her out of the palace and briefly talked about the marriage from Nalan's family to Fucha's family.Yongqi said happily: Last year, news came from the palace that you and Mingyu were in Yuanmingyuan... I was sad for a long time, but I couldn't tell others.After you go to Yuanmingyuan, the palace is not allowed to mention it.I also knew about Master Fu Heng's remarriage, but I didn't expect his new wife to be you. How could Huang Ama make such a decision?Yingluo smiled and said: I don't know either, but no one in the palace knows except the Queen Mother and Concubine Qing.

Yong Qi said: It's great that you are still here!Don't worry, Yong Qi will naturally not say anything, and she won't mention it in front of Huang Ama.Then she looked at Yingluo with a smile and said, "Yong Qi congratulates Mrs. Nalan and Master Fu Heng!"Yingluo knew that he saw that she was pregnant, and it had been almost four years since she left the Forbidden City. He was still young at that time, but now, he was a teenager who was about to grow up. She couldn't help but blushed, and responded happily: Thank you!Yong Qi sighed: No wonder Concubine Rongmu said Mrs. Zhongyong would arrange for Er Niang to meet me, so Mrs. Zhongyong is you, Concubine Lingmu!thank you!Saying this, he left his seat, knelt down in front of Yingluo, and kowtowed.

Yingluo hurriedly said: Get up, come, let me take a good look at you!Yongqi stood beside her, Yingluo still held his hand as he did when he was young, then looked him up and down carefully, and said with a smile: You have grown so tall!I didn't even recognize it just now!You really look more and more like the emperor!Does the emperor like you very much?Yong Qi smiled and said: "Yong Qi doesn't know if Huang Ama likes my minister, but he often praises me."

Yingluo laughed and said, "Our Yongqi is so capable, how can your Empress not like it?"Yong Qi said: Thank you, Concubine Lingmu!Yingluo said, "I am no longer Lingmu's concubine, you have to call me aunt now."Then he told about the fact that Haishi had moved from Baiyi Nunnery to Yujing Garden to practice, and he and her became sisters.After Yongqi heard it, tears welled up in her eyes, and she knelt down again and said: Your great kindness, my mother and I will never forget it!Yongqi will still serve and be filial to you all his life.

Yingluo called him up, and said solemnly: This is the grace of the queen mother and your emperor Ama, you must be filial to them!Yong Qi nodded, got up and wiped away tears, said: I never thought Huang Ama and Huang Aunai loved Erchen so much, they did so many things for Erchen, and Erchen didn't know until today!Yingluo said: This matter is extremely secretive, so they can't tell you directly, you have to remember, you can't mention this matter with anyone, and you can't mention it in front of the two of them.

Yongqi said: Yes, Yongqi understands.Er Niang, she didn't tell me in the letter, but she wanted you to tell me when you meet me!Yingluo said: "A month ago, she was still in Nianhua Nunnery.She has moved twice this month, which is enough trouble. I told her not to rush to write to you.Yong Qi smiled and said: You must have told me yourself, I know!

Yingluo smiled happily and told him to unpack the bundle on the table.Yong Qi had seen a bundle on the table earlier, opened it and saw that there was a piece of clothing inside, which must have been made for him by Er Niang.I was very excited in my heart, held it in front of my chest, and shed tears again.Yingluo's eyes were also moist, and she said: "Fu Heng told me your approximate height, so your mother-in-law rushed to do it. I advised her to see you and measure it before it's too late, but she insisted on doing it and moved into Yujing." During these days in the garden, I was doing it when I had time. I knew I was going to see you in Nanyuan, and I stayed up all night to finish it for you.Yong Qi hurriedly said: Where is Er Niang?Yong Qi wants to see her now!

Yingluo said: "She has returned to your uncle's house, which is in Gao's store on the west side of Nanyuan. You have a good trial with the emperor first, and then I will ask you to meet her. She wants me to bring you this dress first, and asks you to buy it." Good hunting.Yong Qi nodded and said: Good!I'll be wearing this inside tomorrow.Yingluo said: You go back now, I will send you a letter, you must not contact us by yourself, remember.Yongqi looked at her puzzled, and Yingluo said: "Yongqi, you are an older child, and you are an older brother. It is not suitable for you to communicate with foreign ministers in private, and you can't often see your mother. She has left the palace. Grace from the emperor.Yongqi, this is all for your own good.Yongqi said: I understand, don't worry.

Early the next morning, the emperor took Fu Heng and the three elder brothers to the hunting ground on horseback.The emperor wore a gray uniform robe, a stone blue pigment satin lambskin mandarin jacket, which was soft and light, surrounded by a sika deerskin skirt, a uniform crown with oriental beads on the top of the red tassel knot, and a green wrench on his thumb. Yellow horse with white mane.The three elder brothers also wore the same style of suit crowns, gray suit gowns of the same style, azurite ermine mandarin jackets, and a sauce-colored feather satin jacket, wearing jade fingers, and riding a white gray maned horse.Fu Heng rode a black and white-maned horse. He also wore a gray suit robe, a yellow mandarin jacket with gold-plated chiseled flower buttons bestowed by the emperor, an official hat with peacock feathers on his head, and a gray suit belt around his waist, decorated with coral, turquoise knots, and gold. Four silver purses, one fire sickle and one sheath knife.

The emperor said: I will give you half a day to see what you can hunt, no matter how big or small, as long as you hunt and bring it back, you have passed the trial hunting.The members of the guards are not allowed to help, they are only responsible for protection, under the supervision of the captain of the guard, and those who disobey the order will be executed.Everyone agreed in unison.Seeing that the emperor was indeed carrying the bow he gave him, Yongxie was very happy, but the emperor didn't say anything, and he couldn't bring it up, so he just smiled and said: "Huang Ama, are you coming off in person today?"The emperor said: I haven't come out for a long time to race, this is the first time this year, I have to go to the race.As he said that, he taught the designated hunting guards to follow Elder Brother and their haha ​​beads into the forest to hunt.

The people walked away in an instant, and the emperor smiled at Fu Heng: We haven't run away together for a long time, let's go!Fu Heng said: Yes.So the two rode their horses into the forest one after the other, asking the other guards to follow behind and keep a certain distance.

The emperor ran for a while, only to see a hare flash past in front of him, so he clamped his horse's belly and urged the horse to go up. He took the bow from his body at the same time, and when he was at a suitable distance from the rabbit, he stretched the bow and set an arrow. The arrow fell to the ground.Fu Heng applauded from behind, passed the emperor, went to pick up the rabbit, and brought it to the emperor.The emperor looked at it and said, "It's been a long time since I took the bow, and I feel that the arm is a little hard to open."You took this rabbit back and called it, Shen Bi said that she wanted to eat the rabbit I killed myself, but it happened that the first one was the rabbit.Fu Heng smiled, drew the arrow, collected the rabbit, and put it in the horse's bag.

The two ran for a while, and the emperor hit another elk. He only felt pain in his arm, but he didn't want to show weakness in front of Fu Heng, so he said it was up to Fu Heng.But the two ran a long way again, and saw no prey.The emperor couldn't bear it anymore, so Fu Heng said he had run all morning and got off his horse to rest for a while.After the emperor dismounted, he rubbed his upper right arm with his left hand, and Fu Heng asked when he saw this.The emperor just smiled and said: "It must have been a long time, my son is so old, I am old."

Fu Heng poured water out of his leather bag and offered it to him, and said with a smile: Your majesty, since the last time Junggar came back, my servant has also been inactive. From the next year, I will dance swords whenever I have time, and I will feel better. When you have time, teach Hai Lan Cha accompanied him to the martial arts arena, so as not to be troublesome.When the servant returns from Junggar, the servant will accompany you.The emperor looked at him and said: Fu Heng, Shen Bi said that I am not humane, so I will teach you to go to Junggar again.Fu Heng hurriedly said: Concubine Xie Rong is sympathetic to the slaves. This is the fault of the slaves. The emperor should send slaves.The emperor said: I see, it won't take long for you to go this time. If two months are not enough, you can come back, and I will send someone else.

Fu Hengdao: Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. What do other people think of your Majesty and your servant? Since your servant is going, you must settle the matter and come back with General Zhaohui.The emperor stretched out his hand, put it on Fu Heng's shoulder, and said, "Okay."I will teach Shen Bi to take care of your house frequently.Fu Hengdao: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion. Now Jingli lives in the mansion, and there are two slaves' sisters-in-law and Er Niang, so don't work for Concubine Rong, and this is against the rules."You know that Fucha's family and Empress Concubine Shu don't get in touch, but people naturally think we are a family.The emperor nodded and said nothing.

The author has something to say:

[Historical prototype] Fifth prince.Yongqi, whose name is Yunting, is named Tengqin Jushi.Diligent and studious since childhood, he was the first among the princes to go to the study every day, and he has a deep relationship with his fifteenth younger brother Yongyan (that is, Emperor Jiaqing).Yongqi is versatile, not only proficient in Manchurian, Mongolian and Chinese, but also familiar with astronomy, geography, and calendar, [especially good at astronomical calculation].This algorithm was passed on to Zi Mianyi, and then passed on to Sun Yihui, whose outline was recorded in Yihui's "Original Form".

When Yongqi was ill, he was named Prince Rong. The word "Rong" in Manchu means "glory" and "glory".It is worth mentioning that the word "Rong" of Prince Shizu Rong means "noble" and "sublime" in Manchu.Gaozong would not be ignorant of this allusion. Here we can see the special meaning of Gaozong's choice of title for him.

His posthumous title is "pure" like his imperial father, and this title is also a sign of his life.In the Qing Dynasty, when children were valued by their mothers, there was a mother who was not of high status, but she was able to be named a prince and wanted to be established as a prince. This can show that Emperor Qianlong's love for Yongqi came from himself, not like the second son of the emperor. Yong Lian and the emperor's seventh son, Yong Cong Ban, were born because their mother was Empress Xiaoxian.From this point of view, Yongqi is indeed an excellent prince, and also a qualified heir in Qianlong's eyes.

Yong Qi performed outstandingly and was originally the best choice for the crown prince, but unfortunately his life was only 20 years in a hurry. "At that time, I regarded the five sons of the emperor as more valuable than other sons, and they were all proficient in Chinese, Manchurian, Mongolian, horse, walking, archery, and arithmetic. Passing away." More than [-] years after Yongqi's death, Qianlong did not avoid suspicion and talked about his preference for Yongqi when he was established as a reserve, which is enough to express his love and nostalgia for Yongqi.