Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

The emperor smiled, and said: Shen Bi just went to see what the draft was all about, but in fact it was I who made the decision after reading it.Nala said: Yes, it must be by the emperor's sanction.Your majesty, look at the fourth prince's Fujin, what's your opinion?The emperor said: Ali Gun's daughter is from the emperor's mother's family. The matter of being married has nothing to do with Ali Gun. You can ask the emperor's mother.Nala said: "Yes."What about Fujin of the fifth elder brother?The emperor said: Hu Zhongzao's Echang matter has nothing to do with Ertai. I just moved the Ertai tablet out of the Xianliang Temple because I had to explain to all officials.I have seen Ebi's daughter, so I will decide on her.Nala said: "Yes, the concubine obeys the order."

The emperor said again: "When I was in Nanyuan, I thought that Yongrong was weak, so you should send someone to take good care of him at elder brother's place."Nala said: Yes, he will also choose Fujin in two years.The emperor looked at Nala's family and expressed his approval. Nala's family hurriedly said: "The concubine is the aunt, and I finally got on good terms with his mother-in-law before, but I don't know that she murdered the seventh elder brother and the first queen. The crime is extremely heinous." , but the sixth elder brother is innocent, he is the emperor's son.The emperor nodded, stood up, and said: "Queen, rest well, I will come again next time."

Nala knows that according to the rules, because she is pregnant, the emperor is not allowed to stay in Chengqian Palace, but she really hopes that the emperor will stay for a while, so she said: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows that the emperor is coming, and has asked the kitchen to prepare dinner. You can eat it." Go back and get busy.The emperor looked at her with a smile, and said: "Hongzhou will return to Beijing soon, and I have called Liu Tongxun and the others to discuss the affairs of Hubei tonight, and I will have dinner with the empress some other day."Seeing what he said, Nala could only say: Yes, the concubine will not delay the emperor's business, the emperor will go well.

After the emperor took Li Yu away, Zhen'er said: Madam, I heard that Concubine Rong often stays with the emperor in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and even goes out of the palace with the emperor in low clothes.Nala sighed, and said: She is quite generous, how is she with the emperor, good and bad for a while, she said that the whole palace knows, in fact, she came for this palace, telling this palace that the emperor is favoring her She didn't invite pets herself, she wanted to avoid the discord between Chengqian Palace and Yangxin Palace.Let's pass on the meal.

Nala sat and ate alone, chewing slowly, and Zhen'er stood aside to serve her. Seeing that Nala was in a low mood, she said, "Ma'am, what's the matter with you?"Anyway, Concubine Rong doesn't have a child yet, what a blessing for the empress!The queen mother's calculations have also come to nothing!Nala forced a smile and said: But she is favored by the emperor.Zhen'er said: "Madam, how long can this favor last? Were there not many concubines in this palace before?"The empress must also give birth to elder brother this time.

Nala said: "She has five elder brothers."Zhen'er said: You have the twelfth elder brother and the fourth elder brother!Nala shook his head and said: Fourth elder brother, he is no match for fifth elder brother in the emperor's heart.Zhen'er said: "Why?"Nala said: "Didn't you hear just now that the emperor is so concerned about the fifth elder brother's marriage that he has personally pointed out it."Zhen'er said: "The fourth elder brother's marriage, it's not wrong for the emperor to let the queen mother decide?

Nala sighed and said: How could the Queen Mother agree?The fourth elder brother was raised by Bengong.Zhen'er said: If you don't agree, just point to a few people. The emperor and the queen mother can't treat the fourth elder brother badly.And you still have Elder Brother Twelve.Nala shook his head and said: Ali Gun is Neqin's brother, and now he is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The emperor's intention is to want Ali Gun's daughter, in order to appease and win over Ali Gun, and expose the fact that Neqin was convicted and killed back then. So I want my palace to do it.This is the same reason as he gave Obi's daughter to the fifth elder brother.Hu Zhongzao is Ertai's number one student. Last year the emperor took Hu Zhongzao under the knife, and Ertai's nephew E Chang was also killed. Recently, the emperor reprimanded Gao Bin and dismissed his chief minister of internal affairs. Gao E was completely dismantled. Party, but to appease the E family.These two marriages were all to show the court and the public that the emperor's magnanimity was not blamed, so that the courtiers could continue to work hard for the court.

Zhen'er said: "As for the fourth elder brother, the emperor himself will make an order. It's fine."Nala said: Your Majesty wants me to ask the Empress Dowager for forgiveness. The Empress Dowager went to the Old Summer Palace for three years. The Emperor made mistakes, and I, as the Empress, also made mistakes. I go.Zhen'er finally understood, so she looked at Nalashi worriedly.Nala smiled and said: It's okay, don't worry.

Concubine Rong and Caiyun were also talking about Concubine Shu's decision to assist the harem.Caiyun said: "Why doesn't the emperor use the empress?"Concubine Rong smiled and said: He wants me to accompany him, if I take care of things, I will be busy.Caiyun said: You are relieved, this empress, it seems that she can't take care of everything in the first two years, and Concubine Shu has won the holy family for the next two years.Concubine Rong said: "It's just right, lest everyone keep looking at me."Caiyun shook her head and said: Master, this slave really doesn't understand, why don't you care.Although the emperor is doting on you very much now, but you push the emperor away all day long, and you don't even go to the draft. You are still so active, and it will be too late to regret it!Concubine Rong shook her head with a smile, and said: I don't like to meddle in things, if I do, I won't have time for singing and dancing.In the draft, I am for Yongqi.

Caiyun said: "What's the big deal? The servant is worried for the empress. You won't have children. Even if the emperor spoils you all the time, what should we do in the future...?"The slave naturally wished the fifth elder brother well, but he might not know what the fifth elder brother would do.The empress has four elder brothers and twelve elder brothers, and she may give birth to another elder brother soon.Concubine Rong smiled and said nothing, thinking: She doesn't know about the nobleman Wei in Yuanmingyuan, listen to what Li Yu said, the emperor... but of course she can't tell Caiyun or anyone about the emperor, the emperor really likes Wei Yingluo the same.So he said: The emperor likes the fifth elder brother very much, don't worry about it, we will talk about the future, and there is also the queen mother.Caiyun just shook her head, thinking: I don't even know how many more years the Empress Dowager will live.

Seeing that Yongqi was very happy these two days, Sule, Yongqi's haha ​​bead, asked him what was going on, but Yongqi didn't tell him.Su Le then remembered that not two days ago, Yong Qi was called to go to Baoyue Tower with Concubine Qing, but she didn't bring herself. Maybe something good happened that day, but she couldn't think of what it was.

Yongqi was lying on the couch alone and daydreaming about the three beautiful women she met in Baoyue Tower that day, 15-year-old He Zhu, Xilin Jueluo, the daughter of E Bi, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, she was born soft and generous; 13-year-old Yi Boer, Suo Chuo Luo, the daughter of Guan Bao, the minister of the Ministry of War, was born in a famous imperial family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she was playful and lively; there was also a 15-year-old Han girl Hu Jiajia, the daughter of Hu Cunzhu, a doctor of the Ministry of household affairs, she was very delicate .The latter two will become their own grids.

He knew that the choice of He Zhuding was Huang Ama's idea, Er Niang naturally had no objection, and Yibol and Hu Jiajia were probably chosen by Aunt Yingluo.All three of them looked fine on their own.When he stood in front of these three people that day, they all blushed and didn't dare to look at him, and he didn't know what to say. Later, Ibor summoned up the courage to ask him: "Fifth elder brother, can you kick shuttlecocks?" ?Concubine Rong and Concubine Qing both laughed, and he blushed too, saying: No.

Then they left.But he kept thinking about Ybor's bright eyes and crisp voice.Concubine Rong and Concubine Qing saw that they had no objections, so they said that they had decided to go back to the emperor, but told him not to tell others that he had seen three people in private, and these three people didn't know the result, and said that Ge Ge She will live with him in a separate mansion this year, and Fujin Hezhu will not be able to enter the palace until after her big wedding next year.

Just as he was thinking, he saw the fourth elder brother Yongxie walking in, he hurriedly stood up and greeted him: "Fourth elder brother."Yongxie smiled and said: "Yongqi, I heard that Concubine Rong is the one who chooses the show girls. Do you know who your Fujin is?"Yongqi said: "I don't know, does fourth brother know?"Yongxuan said: Today I heard from Huang Erniang that Huang Ama intends to give me Ali Gon's daughter, but she still needs to ask Huang Ama for instructions.Yong Qi smiled and said: Congratulations to the fourth brother, I have gotten a lot closer to Grandma Huang again.Yongxuan said: Thank you, but it may not be possible.

Yongqi said: "The fourth elder brother is the one with the longest order under Huang Ama's knees. Huang Ama must be happy."Yongxie also thought about it in his heart, and he was in a very good mood, and asked: It seems that Empress Rong and Concubine Qing haven't come to see you for some time.Yong Qi said: "Mother Concubine Rong just met Nanyuan, Concubine Qing Mu, I went to pay her respects after my riding and archery class yesterday, and she gave me this."As he spoke, he took out several pairs of brand new white gloves from the side of the couch.Yong Xie looked over and saw a blue scripture book on the couch with the words "Quran L" written on it. Knowing that it was given to Yong Qi by Concubine Rong, she asked, "Can you lend me the money?" How many days?Yongqi said: "Okay, fourth brother just take it."

Yongxie took the scriptures back to her room, brought the scriptures close to her nose, took a deep breath, and smelled a very faint fragrance, which was indeed the fragrance of Concubine Rong, she was intoxicated for a while, then put the scriptures on the desk I opened my own Chinese book "Mencius", but I still couldn't help but glance at it, and suddenly remembered that day in Nanyuan, after I drank deer blood... I couldn't feel my face flushed, and I glanced at it. The page opened in front of the meeting reads: "Make Qi a Situ, teach human relations: father and son have relatives, monarchs and ministers have righteousness, husband and wife have differences, seniors and children are orderly, and friends have faith." Unconsciously, I feel ashamed.

After Nanyuan came back, he had forced himself not to think about Concubine Rong, but he still couldn't completely stop thinking about her, so he slapped himself with a "slap" sound. The voice looked at him, and he immediately raised "Mencius" to cover his face.In the evening he returned the "Koran" to Yongqi, and Yongqi said in surprise: "Fourth brother, don't you want to read it for a few more days?"He hurriedly said: I flipped through it, but I am not interested.

The queen went to pay her respects to the queen mother.The queen mother asked her to sit down, and asked her how she was feeling as usual, she said that she was not feeling well, but her spirit was slightly weak, similar to the last two times when she was pregnant with two elder brothers.The queen mother smiled and said: "You are still in good health, then this must be elder brother again, and the emperor must be happy."Then he asked her to pay attention to her body, and wanted to tell her to kneel down.She hurriedly knelt down and said: Empress Dowager, I have something to discuss with you, it is about the marriage of the fourth elder brother.The Queen Mother said: Isn't Shen Bi in charge of this matter?I turned around and asked her.Get up, go back to rest early, and worry less.

After Nala got up, she said: Empress Dowager Xie, Concubine Rong's younger sister is in charge of this matter, but what the emperor and his concubine said was that they wanted Yongxuan to marry Ali Gun's eldest daughter as his wife, I don't know what the empress dowager wants?The Queen Mother sneered, and said: "Since this is the case, you two make up your mind, ask me what this old woman does?"Knowing that the queen mother was teasing the emperor and herself, Nala quickly knelt down and said: Queen mother, in the past few years, it was the emperor and his concubines who did not fulfill their filial piety. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive your son and daughter-in-law.

The queen mother smiled again and said: "Shushen, get up quickly, you have a body, kneeling like this, you don't know, and you said that I, a mother-in-law, was mean to you."Nala hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Shushen dare not, please forgive me, Queen Mother."The queen mother looked at her, let out a sigh of relief, and said: I have nothing to forgive you. As a queen, you should serve the emperor well and take good care of the harem and brothers.The Queen said: Yes.The queen mother said again: I heard from the emperor that it is very good for me to ask Concubine Shu to assist you to manage the harem.Concubine Shu has changed a lot in the past few years. You have worked hard for many years, and the emperor has always said that you have worked hard. When this child is born, you will also spend more time on it.

Nala knew in her heart that this was the empress dowager wanting to delegate power herself. It turned out that it was the empress dowager's idea that Concubine Shu came out to help manage affairs. But at this moment, it is inconvenient to say anything, and I felt the pain from kneeling on the ground, so I said: Yes, what the queen mother said is, just take this time to see how Sister Shu Concubine is doing, so I can rest assured.The queen mother smiled and said: Yes, you should teach her more.Then he said to Nanny Liu beside him: Why don't you help the queen up quickly?Grandma Liu quickly agreed.

After the queen got up, she asked, "What about Yongxuan?"Look... the Queen Mother pondered for a while, and said: Ali Gon has two daughters. The older one is bad-tempered, and I like the younger one. They are almost two years old. Ask Shen Bi, if the emperor doesn't want to keep her, he can point her to Yongxuan. It is important for a husband and wife to get along well.You don't need to worry about this matter, I will let Shen Bi handle it later, she sees the emperor every day, and I will tell her tomorrow morning to run errands for you.

Nala felt very wronged and sad, the queen mother was running on her every word, but she could only say: Yes, Shushen obeyed the order, and Shushen thanked the queen mother for her kindness on behalf of Yongxuan.When Nala left the Shoukang Palace, Zhen'er was waiting for her outside the door. Seeing that there seemed to be tears on her face, she said in surprise: "Ma'am, what's the matter with you?"The Queen Mother disagrees?Nala said: "The Queen Mother pointed to Ali Gon's second daughter."Zhen'er happily said: "It's the same, the thing that the emperor asked the empress to do will be done!"

Nala remained silent, got up and pushed himself away.When I left, I took a look at the plaque of "Shoukang Palace" on the door.After sitting and walking away for a while, Nala said, "Go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."It was almost lunch time, they entered the Zunhua gate, and saw the eunuchs delivering food in a file, seeing her coming, they stood down and saluted, she told them to go and do their own work.Then he helped Zhen'er to the outside of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and Desheng greeted him. Before she could speak, she heard the voice of Concubine Rong whispering inside. Desheng was about to report, so she immediately glanced at him and waved her hand , turned around and left.

Fu Heng in Yili received another ten letters from his family.

First letter:

Master, Sailimu Lake is so beautiful!I read what you wrote many times.Did you go to Sailimu Lake to pick snow lotus?Concubine Rong taught me to order the requiem incense she gave me last time. It contained Tianshan snow lotus. I slept well at night, don't worry.

Second letter:

Master, Dr. Ye came to see the doctor today, and he said that the baby and I are fine.Today Erniang sent a lot of things, and the second sister-in-law talked for a long time before going.I picked two gardenias, put them in a glass bottle, and put them on your desk.Zhuifeng has grown up a bit, you will be happy when you come back.Sanmeng barked all day, presumably because it was getting hotter.

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Fifth letter:

Young master, go to the flyover with Pearl Quanzi today.I saw a monkey juggler who was very good at it.The monkey was very clever and won a lot of applause.The baby is happy to hear it in my womb.I think he will come out in the future, regardless of male or female, he will definitely be a naughty monkey.

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Eighth letter:

The emperor brought Concubine Rong in her micro-clothes today to talk about the fifth prince's marriage. I told him the candidate chosen by Sister Hai and I. Naturally, Fujin is his favorite granddaughter of Ertai.I picked two princesses for Yongqi.Thinking that Yongqi is about to get married, time flies too fast.I suddenly feel a little sad after writing this, when will you be able to come back?

Ninth letter:

I forgot to mention, the emperor also selected the first opera to sing "Garden Tour" and "Dream".The small operas line up first, when the stage is built and you come back, the house will be very lively.

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The author has something to say:

[Historical prototype] Naqin and Aligun.Niu Hulu family.Naqin, the former leader of the military aircraft, was killed because of Jinchuan's defeat.Ali Gun is the younger brother of Naqin.Both of them are the grandsons of Ye Bilong and the great-grandsons of E Yidu.Empress Dowager Niu Hulu's great-grandfather E Yiteng was E Yidu's cousin.Aibida, who appeared in the Shun concubine incident in the original drama, is the elder brother of Naqin and Ali Gon.

【Naqin】, the second son of Yin De.In the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727), he attacked the second-class public and awarded the Minister of Sanzhi.Jiuyue was the former imperial minister. Because of his diligence and integrity, "he lived next to the giant mastiff, and there were no traces of cars and horses", so he was valued by Emperor Yongzheng.Served as Minister of the Interior.In the 11th year of Yongzheng (1733), he was promoted to minister of military aircraft and participated in aircraft affairs.Emperor Qianlong ascended the throne, and he cooperated with the prime minister in the affairs of the prime minister.Gengzi in the first month of the second year of Qianlong (1737), succeeded Nasutu as Minister of the Ministry of War of the Qing Dynasty, and later changed to Minister of the Ministry of Officials.In the tenth year of Qianlong (1745), Neqin was a bachelor of Baohedian University.In the 13th year of Qianlong (1748), he presided over the Battle of Dajinchuan.Neqin has no military experience, sits far away in the camp to command, and is at odds with Zhang Guangsi. He wins first and then loses.Emperor Qianlong was completely disappointed with Neqin, and sent Fu Heng to act as the manager.In the 14th year of Qianlong (1749), he ordered Neqin to be escorted back to Beijing, and ordered to behead Naqin with the knife left by his ancestor Ebilong (one said that he ordered himself to be executed).

[Ali Gun], the fourth son of Yin De, also an important minister of Qianlong, the fourth elder brother Yongxuan and the seventeenth elder brother Yonglin's father-in-law, his granddaughter is the first wife of Emperor Daoguang Yuan, and he was named Empress Xiaomu Cheng.In the 15th year of Qianlong (1751), he served as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.In the 23rd year of Qianlong (1758), he served as counselor and Minister of the Ministry of War. He and General Fude attacked Huo Jizhan and lifted the siege of General Zhaohui.After that, he served as Minister of the Ministry of War for seven years.In the 28th year of Qianlong, the crown prince was added.In the 29th year of Qianlong, he was awarded the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and co-organized a bachelor.In February of the 33rd year of Qianlong (1768), Minister of the Ministry of War, Fucha Mingrui (son of Fu Heng's fourth elder brother Fu Wen) died in the battle in Myanmar Mengla (committed suicide for the country), and was named Jiayi Yonggong.In February of that year, the imperial court appointed Ali Gun and Ah Gui as deputy generals with the help of the university scholar Fu Heng, who led the troops to participate in the Qing-Burmese War. On the way, they got sick. Fu Heng ordered him to stay in Yongchang for treatment, but Ali Gun refused.In the 34th year of Qianlong's reign, an imperial doctor was dispatched to see him, but he still died on October 34th, [-]th year of Qianlong's reign. He was ordered to enter the city with his coffin for the funeral, and ordered the fourth and twelfth elder brothers to lay a memorial service at the funeral.His posthumous posthumous title is Xiangzhuang, and he worships the virtuous and good temple.Based on Feng Sheng's Jinchuan Gong, he was additionally titled Duke Jiyong of Guoyi.