Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

When I was young, three fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls came in, one was nobleman Xin in pink palace attire, that nobleman was in green palace attire, and nobleman Ming was wearing white palace attire.Concubine Rong met all three of them during the draft.After paying his respects, nobleman Xin said to Concubine Rong: Madam, you are so beautiful, I didn't talk to you during the draft, otherwise my concubine would have said so.Concubine Rong smiled softly, but said nothing.The nobleman said: Madam, I heard that your singing and dancing are beautiful, and I don't know when I will be able to feast my eyes on it?Ming nobleman said at the side: Concubine Rong's singing and dancing are probably only for the emperor, right?The nobleman looked around and said: "The things in the Hall of Mental Cultivation are really good."

Concubine Rong saw the three of them chattering, but she really had nothing to say, so she asked everyone if they were still used to entering the palace, and Caiyun said, "Your Majesty, it's time to go to Yonghe Palace."Concubine Rong stood up, and the three of them immediately bowed and said goodbye. Lady Xin also said: Your Majesty, are you going to Yonghe Palace to see Fukang'an?Is he as handsome as his Lord Ama Fuheng?Then the three laughed together.Concubine Rong said: Don't say this again in the palace.As he spoke, he supported Caiyun and left.After coming out, Caiyun shook her head and said: How can the emperor like these three children?It's just that Man, Mongolia and Han each choose one to finish the job, no wonder you don't care.Concubine Rong just smiled.

On the morning of the fourth day, Fu Heng went back to the Military Aircraft Department, and first went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to pay his respects to the emperor.The emperor happily walked down from behind the desk, stood in front of him, patted his upper arm with both hands, and said: You have worked hard!everything okay?Fu Heng hurriedly said: "This is the slave's errand, the emperor is serious, everything is fine, thank the emperor for caring about the slave."I was bothering the emperor yesterday, thank you for your inquiry.The emperor smiled, walked back to the desk, sat down, and said: I have carefully read your notebook several times about the matter of Yili, good!Well written!There are a lot of things I have to think about again. I received news from Zhaohui yesterday that she will arrive in Beijing in three days, and we will discuss it together when the time comes.After that, I went to the Old Summer Palace to spend the summer.Oh, yes, I still want to go to your house to watch a play.

Fu Hengdao: Your Majesty, you can come to my slave's house anytime, but I want to ask for an order to go home early every afternoon. If you are going to the Old Summer Palace, it will be earlier.Doctor Ye said... The emperor interrupted him and said: Fu Heng, I have considered this matter too. The Zhengjue Temple was rebuilt next to the Old Summer Palace, and the original Jiaohui Garden of the Thirteenth Uncle was repaired. You will move there in summer If you live here, you don't have to run back and forth, and you can get close to the Queen Mother.

Fu Hengda had an accident, and he knew that Wu Min was repairing the Jiaohui Garden, but he didn't know that it would be rewarded to him, so he knelt down and said: "Slave, thank the emperor for your kindness, and thank you for the queen mother's kindness."The emperor said: You have done a good job this time!I am happy!Fu Heng hurriedly said again: The servant also thanked the emperor for the previous reward.The emperor said again: "Well, I promise you that you can go home in the afternoon, and the same is true when you go to Yuanmingyuan, but you can't stop at night, just go to Yuanmingyuan and start again. You can take a good rest this time to relieve the fatigue on the road."Fu Heng kowtowed to thank him again, very happy in his heart.

After leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he saw Concubine Rong and Caiyun coming in through Zunhua Gate, so he stood down and saluted her.Concubine Rong smiled and said: Hello, Mr. Fu Heng!Your Excellency has worked hard!Fu Heng hurriedly said: Thank you, Madam, for caring about the servant's family, and thank you, Madam, for taking care of Fukang'an.Concubine Rong said: Your Excellency is serious, Your Excellency is an important minister of the court, Shen Bi is all for the Emperor.Madam Nalan is relieved when you come back.Say hello on behalf of Chen Bi!Fu Hengdao: Thank you, Madam, and congratulations to Madam for entering the Palace of Mental Cultivation to serve the emperor.Concubine Rong smiled and walked past him.

Concubine Rong went directly to the apse of the Hall of Mental Cultivation from the side of the courtyard. Caiyun whispered: Madam, this Lord Fu Heng is so handsome in court clothes. Even more proud of the spring breeze, it seems to be a little dark today.Concubine Rong smiled and said: Didn't you say that everyone in this palace admired him before, he is naturally handsome.It's dark, that's when it was exposed to the sun, and the sun in Xinjiang is very strong.

Caiyun asked curiously: Madam, is there anyone more handsome than him?Concubine Rong knew that she had never met Huo Jizhan before, so she said, "They look different, do you like someone just because he is handsome?"Caiyun said: "The servant never likes others."Your ex-husband must have been handsome too, right?Concubine Rong sighed and hummed.Caiyun asked again: Who do you think is more handsome, the emperor or Mr. Fu Heng?Concubine Rong said: "I was born differently."Seeing that she was not in high spirits, Caiyun stopped asking just this one sentence.

That afternoon, Fu Heng left the Military Aircraft Department early in the morning and went to Shoukang Palace.After he entered, he kowtowed to the queen mother and gave the gift to the queen mother.The Empress Dowager gave the seat, and then took the ornamental box from Nanny Liu, opened it and saw that there was a white jade bracelet inside.

Fu Heng said with a smile: Queen Mother, this is a special suet jade from Hetian, Huijiang, without any flaws.This jade was produced in Kunlun Mountains, so it was called Kunshan Jade during Qin Shihuang's time. Later, Hotan was included in the territory of Khotan, and it was also called Khotan Jade.The Kingdom of Khotan was a Buddhist kingdom in the ancient Western Regions, which belonged to the capital of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, and was one of the four towns of Anxi.Master Xuanzang described in "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" that the surname of the monarch was Yuchi. Because of his admiration for the Tang Dynasty, two monarchs changed their surnames to Li, named Li Shengtian and Li Congde respectively. Song Yuanming.The servant brought back two, one for Er Niang and one for you.

The queen mother was very happy when she heard the words, and said: "Amitabha Buddha, there are such origins."Then he picked up the bracelet, looked at the light, and said: "It's really a good thing, I like it!"So I taught Mother Liu to accept it.Then he looked at him with a sad face and said: "I heard from the emperor that you went to the Changchun Palace yesterday and stayed for a day. Alas, it's a pity for this child Rongyin."I often feel sad when I think about it.

Fu Heng hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager, take care of your health, don't take it for granted."The servant is too busy, so I rarely come to Shoukang Palace to greet you, and hope that the Queen Mother will be merciful.The Queen Mother shook her hand and said: You have been detained by the emperor all day long and you can't even go home, just do it if you want to!How is Minghui?Fu Hengdao: Fortunately, she can't enter the palace, otherwise she will often come to greet you.The queen mother said: "The emperor gave you the garden of the old thirteen, see you there later."Fu Hengdao: Yes, slave and she, thank the Queen Mother and the Emperor for their kindness.

The Empress Dowager said again: "This empress is having an unstable pregnancy. The emperor is very worried. I heard that Ming Hui was fine later on. That's fine. You have to be careful, and Rong Yin will also bless you."Fu Hengdao: Thank you Queen Mother for your concern.The queen mother said again: "Is your mother okay?"Fu Hengdao: Well, the eyes cannot see.The queen mother smiled and said: "It's all right if you have a grandson in your arms!"Fu Heng also smiled.Nanny Liu came out with a red lacquer box.The Empress Dowager said to Fu Heng: "This is a newly made fruit garden here. You can take it back and give it to Minghui as a snack."Fu Heng Xie En took it.As they were talking, the eunuch outside sent a message that Concubine Shu had come to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, so Fu Heng left.

After leaving the palace gate, Concubine Shu and the palace maid Chunmei were waiting outside, so he greeted Concubine Shu.Concubine Shu saw that he was holding the box in his hand, and said, "Master Fu Heng, I heard that you have done a good job in Tianshan Mountain, and it was very hard for you to fly back to Beijing. Naturally, the Queen Mother and the Emperor will reward you heavily."Fu Hengdao: Your Majesty is serious, that is the duty of a slave.Concubine Shu said again: How is Mrs. Nalan?Fu Heng said, "Okay, thank you, Madam, for your inquiry."

After Concubine Shu greeted the Empress Dowager and left the Shoukang Palace, Chunmei said: Master, Mr. Fu Heng only came to Shoukang Palace once in a while, and you bumped into him.Concubine Shu laughed and said: "It's not a family, don't enter a family!"When Minghui gave birth to a son for his Fucha family, our relationship will become even closer!Chunmei said: "It doesn't have to be a son, right?"Concubine Shu smiled and said: I said it must be!Chunmei said again: This Lord Fu Heng is really likable, the emperor likes him, and the queen mother likes him too.Could it be that the queen mother gave him ginseng when he went to war?Concubine Shu said: That's the emperor!Chunmei said: Your Majesty?What did he send ginseng for?What is that?

Concubine Shu said: "You don't understand that, Mr. Fu Heng is the emperor's brother-in-law, that's a family!"What about the Fucha family and Mr. Fu Heng?What did the emperor not give?The emperor sent ginseng, how warm it is!Do you understand?Chunmei suddenly realized, and said: So that's how it is!Concubine Shu smiled and said: Now, he and our Nalan family have become a family again!Chunmei knew that every time she mentioned this, she would be happy for a long time, so she pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Master, you can't go to Yuanmingyuan, aren't you sad?"Concubine Shu sighed, and said: Next year, I won't care about anything!This empress, she can't go after raising a child, and made me feel depressed in this palace, what does it matter to me?What's the fun in managing things, I like to see her!But I don't like it!

When Fu Heng returned home, he saw that the imperial decree had been issued to the Yujing Garden: Jiaohui Garden located in the southeast of the Old Summer Palace had been repaired and renamed Chunhe Garden to honor the loyal and brave Duke Fu Heng.Yingluo was also very pleasantly surprised.He opened the box given by the Queen Mother and saw that there were candied fruit, milk cakes, grilled trout fillets, and several kinds of dates inside.When the couple had dinner, Yingluo was in a good mood and said: No wonder Li Yu said what the emperor had arranged for him when he came to give the gun last time.Mr. Wu is conscientious and knowledgeable, and the theater building at home is beautiful, so the garden must be well repaired.Fu Heng said with a smile: I am talking about your honor, madam.Yingluo said: Nonsense!The emperor loves you in his heart, so he doesn't teach you to run back and forth.But he taught Hong Zhou to run, isn't it?

Fu Hengdao: Since you are going to live there, Hong Zhou must not be able to live there, he may have other arrangements.But Doctor Ye must go, we can rest assured.Yingluo smiled, and understood that one of the reasons why the emperor made this arrangement was because of Hong Zhou. The emperor was going to be away from the capital for a long time, and he was worried that he would still want to see him, so he asked: Does the empress dowager like that bracelet?Fu Heng nodded and said: Of course I like it, Madam's idea is of course a good one.Yingluo smiled again, and said, "I'm just a staff officer. The Queen Mother is an old man, is there anything rare?"It's still her meaning in the origin of the jade you mentioned, young master.

Fu Hengdao: I haven't seen her since I left Yuanmingyuan last year. She still looks the same and talks about her sister.Yingluo sighed, and said: My sister used to accompany her to Changchun Garden to pay respects to the Buddha. She naturally likes her temperament and character, but the second elder brother and the seventh elder brother didn't take care of her.Fu Heng didn't want her to bring up the past and feel troubled, and said: It's all my fault, and you and the Queen Mother are both worried about me.Yingluo smiled and said, "Did you go to see An'er today?"Fu Hengdao: No, there are piles of scraps at the military plane, and the emperor taught me to meet Brother Tuoyong. He is now leading Jiangning weaving. I saw him that day at Xianliang Temple, but naturally he didn't see me.You can't see clearly.In two days, General Zhaohui came back and wanted to discuss the matter of Yili. The emperor had too many things to do before going to the Old Summer Palace.Tuo Yong, Fucha family, is Fu Heng's elder brother, so Fu Heng called him eldest brother.

Yingluo saw that he was in high spirits, could still talk and laugh, and was no longer in the same mood as yesterday, thinking that it was right to ask him to return to court affairs today, so that he would not sit at home and worry about herself, so she said, "The emperor will take Qing concubine to Yuanmingyuan, Concubine Rong has also gone, and An'er will go with her. It's okay to meet there when the time comes, I'll ask.The emperor will come to see the play and we will move to the garden over there, Sister Hai will take care of it, don't worry, get busy with the emperor's affairs first.

After leaving Shoukang Palace, Concubine Shu went to Chengqian Palace to visit the queen, and asked the queen to show her some palace affairs.Seeing that Nala's complexion had recovered, she said to her: "It's good that your majesty is fine!"A while ago, the concubine was worried about the empress and the emperor. If there is something wrong with the emperor's heir, that would be a big deal!Nala was very happy, and said: You are now a human mother, and you are much more stable, indeed not as good as before, that's why the emperor and the queen mother taught you to assist in palace affairs.

Concubine Shu hurriedly said: This is naturally the emperor and the queen mother trust the concubines, but this is also an opportunity for the concubines to be given by the empress.The concubine is naturally sharing the worries for the empress, but the concubine is a life that can't be worried about. When the elder brother is born and the concubine recovers, the concubine will still serve the romance.When Nala heard this, she felt even happier, this concubine Shu turned out to be a self-aware master, and the emperor had never considered her as a spoiler, so the grudge against her in his heart immediately faded away.The two chatted for a while, Eleven Elder Brothers and Twelve Elder Brothers, before Concubine Shu left.

Back at Zhongcui Palace, Chunmei said: "Look at the happy look of the empress, if she hadn't been pregnant with the emperor's heir this time and her health was not good, she wouldn't want you to divide the matter, so you don't have to worry about it."Concubine Shu smiled and said: This is to teach her to be at ease, I don't want to be like her, worrying about getting old quickly, and how to serve the emperor?Look, how smart is Concubine Rong's sister?Ben Gong is not stupid either!Your Majesty, I like to watch songs and dances in my spare time, play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting with my concubines, and amuse myself, so relax!Chunmei said: Concubine Rong, how can she take care of the affairs of the palace, she is only good at Chinese.

Concubine Shu said: "Managing things is just a show, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is really in charge of things. The empress uses Yuan Chunwang, she has much less to worry about, that's why she likes him."This Yuan Chunwang is indeed a talented person, and his affairs are managed in an orderly manner. I heard that the emperor also praised him.In fact, there are quite a few ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the queen, she is just leading the big and small celebrations in the palace and the court, holding morning meetings with the concubines, being the lord of the six palaces, and putting on a show, but it is still busy. of.I don't want to care about anything, I don't want to worry about anything, I just grow flowers when I have free time, take Yongxiu with me, and serve the emperor, that's what makes me happy!

Chunmei said: People say that Mr. Fu Heng is the most handsome man in Beijing, but you have a deep affection for the emperor.Concubine Shu smiled and said: "Fu Heng, he is not only handsome, he is well-educated, well-cultivated, and good at martial arts, and he is also the emperor's confidant. Noble, Mr. Fu Heng has made outstanding military exploits, handled government affairs well, and others are speechless.Did you see it today?The three-eyed feather on his hat.These three-eyed flower feathers cannot be worn by non-royal beauties.He was the only one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty who was rewarded with the three-eyed flower feather by the emperor.Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has only been rewarded with one foreign minister for so many years. What an honor it is.But he, after all, is still the emperor's courtier.Me, I just like the emperor, the emperor is also handsome, and how mature and dignified!Compared with the emperor, Fu Heng is just a child.Our emperor, how does this palace think and love!

Seeing her intoxicated appearance, Chunmei thought to herself: Master Fu Heng is a child, you are almost thirty, and he is many years older than you, so she couldn't help laughing out loud.Suddenly someone coughed, and then Li Yu's voice said: Concubine Shu, don't pick me up yet!

Both the master and the servant were taken aback, only then did they see the emperor and Li Yu, and knelt down to pay their respects.Li Yu looked at Concubine Shu and smiled.The emperor said with a stern face: "Get up, you talk about me and the court ministers behind your back, are you guilty?"Concubine Shu was startled, then turned her eyes, and said: Your majesty, what my concubine said is right, how kind your majesty is!If you don't forgive the concubine, the concubine will not get up.The emperor patted his head, smiled, and said, "Get up, is I really that good?"

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[Three Nobles] The real names of the nobles of Emperor Qianlong in history, and the background will continue to be involved later in the novel.

[Chunhe Garden] is Qichun Garden, one of the three gardens of Yuanmingyuan, adjacent to the southeast of Yuanmingyuan.At first, it was given by Yunxiang as the "Jiaohui Garden". During the Qianlong period, it was first given to Fu Heng, the wife and younger brother of Emperor Qianlong, and then it was renamed "Chunhe Garden".In the 28th year of Qianlong (1763), Fu Heng moved out and moved into "Shuchun Garden", until Fu Heng passed away eight years later, in the 35th year of Qianlong (1770). "Chunhe Garden" was later bestowed by Emperor Qianlong on the emperor's eleventh son, Prince Yongxing. Fu Heng's daughter was Yongxing's Fujin, and was later renamed "Qichun Garden". Place. After the "Shuchun Garden", He Shen, another favorite minister given to him by Qianlong, was built by him as the most private garden in the capital at that time, and even "overstepped the royal etiquette system". It is still the most beautiful part of the Peking University campus (by the unnamed lake) .

【Hua Ling】A peacock feather was stuck on the official cap of officials in the Qing Dynasty, and ordinary officials could only wear blue feathers.In the Qing Dynasty, military ranks above five ranks, civilian governors and admirals, and ministers sent to the northwest two routes were crowned with peacock feathers and affixed to the back of the crown, called Hualing. The difference between one eye, two eyes, and three eyes ("eye" refers to the round pattern on the peacock's feathers), as the number of eye-like circles on the feathers increases, it means that the feathers are more precious.The wearing of flower feathers needs to strictly follow the principle of high and low status. In the early Qing Dynasty, only the beige of the royal family and the forehead of the queen's daughter could wear the three-eyed flower feathers, and the double-eyed flower feathers could only be worn by the royal clan and the relatives of the vassal. to wear.Officials must receive special rewards before they can wear them, usually with single-eyed feathers.

[Three-eyed flower feather] is a symbol of status. In the entire Qing Dynasty, there were only seven ministers who wore the three-eyed flower feather, and the number was even smaller than the iron hat king.Among these seven people, there were three people in the Qianlong period. They were Fu Hengfu, Kang'an and his son, and He Lin.After the Qianlong period, there were only four officials who received the three-eyed feathers by special grace, and they were Changling, Xien, Xu Tong and Li Hongzhang.He Lin is He Shen's younger brother. He conquered Fukang'an in the Battle of Pinggurkha and Pingmiao, and was awarded the Three-Eyed Flower Ling.Although later He Shen held several positions and had great power, but in terms of military merits, he was just a civil servant and had never led an army in battle in his life, so naturally he could not get the three-eyed flower feather.

[Battle of Jinchuan and Ginseng] During the Battle of Jinchuan, Emperor Qianlong gave Fu Heng [three catties of ginseng] because of the dangerous water and soil in Jinchuan, and repeatedly ordered Fu Heng to return.Also [by the edict of Empress Xiaoshengxian (that is, the queen mother in the play)] Fu Heng was named a first-class loyal and brave man, and he was bestowed with gemstones and four dragons to make up clothes.Fu Hengshangzuo resolutely opposed the withdrawal of troops and offered a reward, but Emperor Qianlong disagreed.Later, Fu Heng accepted the surrender of Sha Luoben and his son.Sha Luoben offered a Buddha statue, ten thousand taels of platinum, and Fu Heng returned the gold. Sha Luoben asked to use the gold to build a shrine for Fu Heng.The next day, Fu Heng led his army back.Emperor Qianlong rewarded him with an encouraging edict. According to Yangguli's old practice, he bestowed two leopard-tailed spears and two pro-military names.When the army arrived in the capital, Emperor Qianlong ordered Yonghuang, the eldest son of the emperor, and Guanglu, Prince Yu, to go to the suburbs to welcome them.Soon after, Emperor Qianlong also built an ancestral hall for the Fucha family, and built a mansion for Fu Heng in Dong'anmen, giving it the name "Yujing Garden". ?