Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

Concubine Shu got up happily, and asked Chunmei to serve tea to the emperor, and said to the emperor: Of course!Your Majesty, you are the lord of the Qing Dynasty, who can go past you?Are you having dinner at Zhongcui Palace?Today I taught you how to make fried Chinese toon fish and fried hazelnut sauce.The first dish was crispy, and the second dish was salty and fresh. She knew that the emperor liked it very much.The emperor smiled and said, "I have exactly that intention."Concubine Shu beamed with joy, and when Chunmei brought the tea, she ordered her to pass on the meal.Then he said happily to the emperor: Your majesty, my concubine recently raised a pot of Albizia juliensis, which looks beautiful, show it to the emperor?The emperor nodded.So she moved in by herself.

The emperor saw that the flower was planted in a small blue and white porcelain pot, the flower was pink, like a small fan, and the petals were velvet filaments, forming the bones of the fan, with a kind of soft and easy gentleness, he suddenly thought of Wei Meilai from the Old Summer Palace.Concubine Shu saw that the emperor didn't speak, and said: Your Majesty, isn't it pretty?The emperor nodded his head and said: "Send a few pots back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."Concubine Shu was very happy and said: Yes!Sister Concubine Rong will definitely like it too!The concubine should have thought of giving something to Concubine Rong's sister long ago.

The emperor smiled and said: "Okay, don't mention her, I'm here to see you tonight."Concubine Shu said: You mean you will stay here tonight?The emperor raised his eyebrows, looked at her pretending to be surprised and said: "Isn't it possible?"Concubine Shu hurriedly leaned on him joyfully, and said: Of course, of course!The courtiers and concubines couldn't ask for it!The emperor shook his head with a smile, and Li Yu also smiled and said: The emperor specially came to see the empress before going to the Old Summer Palace!

Concubine Shu hurriedly said: Thank you, Your Majesty, for thinking about my concubine!Your Majesty, when you go to the Old Summer Palace, the courtiers and concubines cannot accompany you to wait on them. You must take care of yourself!The emperor said: Good.You are here to take care of and assist the queen, just to share my worries, understand?Concubine Shu said: Yes, I understand, I will definitely do what the emperor ordered, so don't worry!The emperor said again: I know you like to play, but you are old now, and you should learn something.Chunmei just came back from passing the meal, and she just entered the palace gate, she pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this, Concubine Shu was only in her teens when she entered the palace, now more than ten years have passed, she is naturally getting older, but her temperament has always been to not fix.

Concubine Shu said with a sneer: The emperor still understands the concubines, but you have wronged the concubines, and the concubines like to serve the emperor.Li Yu smiled from ear to ear, thinking: This master is really straightforward.The emperor also laughed and said: You, you must not let down the kindness of the Queen's mother!Concubine Shu sighed, "Yes, but your majesty, will you definitely take me there next year?"This palace is stuffy.The emperor did not speak.Concubine Shu immediately approached him again, and said coquettishly, "Are you okay?"The emperor hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I will follow you."Li Yu was beaming with joy.

After the emperor went to bed at night, Concubine Shu looked at him with a sweet expression on her face. She was still thinking about the conversation with the emperor just now, and thought: Fu Heng and the emperor are compared, isn't that a child?What's the fun.It's only those women who can't get close to the emperor who hold him up as a treasure.There are as many young, handsome and capable courtiers as you want, but there is only one emperor in the Qing Dynasty!Then I dreamed that maybe I would have a secret knot tonight, and when the emperor went to Yuanmingyuan, I would give him a surprise.

Wu Yibo Zhaohui, a first-class general in Dingbian, arrived in Beijing from Huijiang with 1000 troops. The emperor ordered the fourth elder brother Yongxuan and the fifth elder brother Yongqi to go to Baishiqiao outside Xizhimen to greet him on his behalf.The emperor's imperial decree was read out at Baishiqiao, greatly praised Zhaohui's meritorious service in the Battle of Pingzhun, and encouraged him to stay in Huijiang this year, and his contribution to the implementation of the imperial court's policy of returning to Xinjiang to appease the people of Huijiang .

Both Yongxuan and Yongqi saw Zhaohui for the first time. He was in his fifties, with a long face, big eyes, a mustache on his lips, a military uniform, a blue flag general robe, and a hat on his head. , with a high red weft decoration on the hat, a quiver on the back, a cowhide bow bag on the waist, and a big bow in the bow bag, fair skin, the style of a Confucian general, but his complexion was tanned by the scorching sun of returning to Xinjiang Red, full of travel and dust, behind him, there are flag soldiers of various flags in the team, and the Zhenglan flag standing in front of it is also covered with dust, and its color has faded.

Yong Qi paid special attention to the general robe.He knew that the elite troops of the imperial court were the Eight Banners soldiers, which were divided into Manchu Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners according to ethnicity, and were divided into Forbidden Eight Banners according to the place where they were stationed, that is, the Beijing Eight Banners stationed in the capital, with about 10 people, and the eight banners stationed in the capital. The Eight Banners are stationed all over the country.The garrison of the Eight Banners was first established in the period of Emperor Shunzhi. Since Huang Ama ascended the throne, he has been improving the system of garrisoning the Eight Banners. Today, the number of garrisoning the Eight Banners in each province is twice that of the Emperor Kangxi.

After entering the customs, the armor of the Eight Banners soldiers was mainly light and cold-resistant cotton armor. In recent years, Huang Ama has vigorously advocated firearms, and the cotton armor lost its defensive ability. Therefore, the Eight Banners now abolishes the armor and changes to military uniforms.The military uniform was born out of Manchurian national costumes. The upper body is a double-breasted narrow-sleeved robe with horseshoe sleeves on the cuffs, and a half-sleeved mandarin jacket with nail armor bubbles. The front and rear chests are sewn with circular cloth imitating round guards. The military number and general are embroidered on the circular cloth. last name.Zhaohui's surname is embroidered in Manchu on the round cloth: Wuya.

After the imperial decree was read out, Yongxie told Zhaohui Jingzhong the details of Huo Jizhan's execution according to the emperor's instructions, and greeted him with care.It was also the first time for Zhao Hui to see the two elder brothers. They were both in their prime, both wearing white cloaks, and she couldn't help feeling emotional, thinking of the bloody and smog of returning to Xinjiang.Then the three made a drink, and once again expressed condolences to the brave soldiers who died in the Battle of Pingzhun.

On the way back to Beijing with the three of them, the fifth elder brother asked him a lot about the battle of Pingzhun. When he talked about the excitement, he was impassioned. Pursed lips and smiled.Looking at his appearance, Zhaohui thought of the emperor, and thought: the fifth elder brother looks more serious, and at a young age, he is exactly the same as Fu Heng's brother.Zhaohui then also asked about Fu Heng's return to court. Yong Qi told about Fu Heng's rush back to Beijing day and night, and said: "The old general has a good rest today. Tomorrow, master and Huang Ama will be waiting for you to enter the palace in the Hall of Mental Cultivation." discussion.

Zhaohui nodded and asked: Is his wife okay?Yongqi was very surprised, seeing that Zhaohui also knew about Yingluo's pregnancy, she said, "I heard it's good."Zhaohui said: Master Fu Heng is elder brother's master?Yongqi said: Yes, but he never gave us lessons, Yongqi really wanted him to teach us military affairs.He never talked about his contribution in the Battle of Pingzhun. If he hadn't heard so much from the old general today, Yong Qi would not know anything.

Zhaohui smiled and said, "Fu Heng is a benevolent gentleman with a high character, but the emperor knows it all in his heart.When he gives you military affairs, elder brother must ask him for advice.He is really a rare general, and he fought bravely and took the lead, which is really the blessing of the Qing Dynasty and the emperor!When Yongqi heard about it, she felt a deep admiration in her heart, and she made up her mind to go to Huang Ama to persuade him to let Fu Heng speak about military affairs in person.

Yong Xie listened silently at the side, thinking: This Yong Qi is thinking about the war all day long, and that is the matter of the courtier.Soon after entering Xizhimen, the market gradually became lively, and Yongxuan walked and watched with great interest.Yongqi and Zhaohui said something else, but he didn't listen to it.Zhaohui saw that Yongqi was very humble as a noble prince, and had a good impression of him. He also told some interesting stories about his more than [-] years of fighting, which Yongqi found very interesting.The two elder brothers sent Zhaohui to his mansion in Beijing, and Yongqi was still reluctant to part when they parted.Zhaohui only said: Hehe, the fifth elder brother must be able to see Mr. Fu Heng often, you can ask him!

The night the emperor went to Zhongcui Palace, Concubine Rong stayed in her bedroom.After bathing, she put on the platinum robe and played and sang the song of snow lotus.Caiyun hadn't seen her wearing that robe for a long time, and felt that there must be some reason for her to be like this all of a sudden.Now she understood that Concubine Rong did not sing this song for Xiao He Zhuo, so she asked her: Master, is he... in Tianshan?Concubine Rong was a little surprised when she suddenly asked "him". After a while, she said, "Well, I'm still at Balang Mountain."

Caiyun asked curiously: Where is that?Concubine Rong said: That's Aisha's home, Aisha is my best friend.Caiyun asked again: Then where is she now?Concubine Rong said: She is a saint of the Tibetan Baijiao, she...cannot marry for the rest of her life, she should still be in Lhasa now.Caiyun found it very novel and asked: Did she become a saint voluntarily?Concubine Rong said: She became a saint because her father wanted to marry her to someone she didn't like.

Caiyun nodded and asked curiously: Didn't you also marry Xiao Hezhuo?Concubine Rong shook her head, and said: I am not her, she is a holy and firm girl, and I... said with a light smile, with tears in my eyes.Seeing that she was sad, Caiyun stopped asking.After a long time, Concubine Rong said: "There are many people who want to marry me. It is my intention to marry Huo Jizhan, that is, father, father and mother are so kind to me, how can I not agree?"But before that I told him I didn't like him...but he was going to marry me and he said he could marry someone else anyway and I was just his wife.

Caiyun said: Well, you are for your own family, and he is a very infatuated person.Concubine Rong said quietly: "I killed him, it was me, so I don't blame the emperor."Caiyun was taken aback, and said: What nonsense are you talking about!How could he be killed by you.Concubine Rong said: Long before he came to the capital, his heart died, and I killed it.Caiyun said: But he wants to like you!

Concubine Rong closed her eyes, and said: "Don't say for something: "Tomorrow I will definitely do that thing.The sovereignty of heaven and earth belongs only to Allah, and Allah is the only destination. Caiyun said: Is this the sentence in □□?Concubine Rong said: Well, this is the afterlife I promised him, and I will keep my promise.Caiyun nodded, suddenly thought of something, and asked: What about him?Since you can't be with him in this life, don't you want to be with him in the next life?

Concubine Rong smiled sadly and said: He won't want me in this life, and he won't want me in the next life either.Caiyun suddenly felt very sad, only felt that a beautiful woman like Concubine Rong, such a kind person, such a noble person would not be able to win the hearts of her loved ones.Thinking of how infatuated Huo Jizhan is with her, but she is so infatuated with another person...

After a while, Concubine Rong said again: It's okay, my present life belongs to the emperor, and my next life belongs to Huo Jizhan.Then he stood up, untied the robe on his body, and asked Caiyun to take the brazier to burn it.Caiyun was taken aback, Concubine Rong said: "You burn it, I'll go in."Then he walked into the inner room and closed the door.Caiyun looked at the robe lying on the ground, and understood that this must be the robe that Concubine Rong's sweetheart saw her wearing, no wonder the robe is very old, it is no longer white, but slightly yellowed, and this robe is not the Hui style , but the silver-white gemstones around the neckline are still shining, because they will not fade.

Because there is no evening meal, Fu Heng is still recovering from the fatigue of the journey. These days, the couple go to bed very early after dinner.Seeing that Fu Heng always turned his back to her after going to bed, Yingluo finally understood that he was restraining himself from making out with her, not what she thought that day on the kang in the study. He was angry with herself. What about my own anger?This night, after the candles were blown out, she approached him from behind and asked: Did Doctor Ye say something?

Fu Heng said: No.Yingluo said: Then I want you to hug me.Fu Hengdao: General Zhaohui will enter the palace to discuss matters tomorrow, Yingluo, go to bed early, we will talk about it tomorrow.Yingluo smiled and said: I know I've become ugly, so you don't want to hug me.Fu Hengdao: Yingluo, I'm going to sleep, let's talk tomorrow.Seeing that he still refused to turn around, Yingluo was also a little angry, so she said, "Then do you want to go to the study to sleep?"Fu Heng said: That's it.Yingluo had no choice but to say: Young master, I am really angry.Saying that, she also turned her back to him.

After a while, Fu Heng turned around and stretched out his arms to hug her.Yingluo snickered, but pushed his hand away, and Fu Heng stopped hugging her, sighed, and said: Yingluo, let's not... I know, you are all for me, but you are so inconvenient, don't worry about it anymore. I... even for the sake of the baby, okay?I'm really scared.Yingluo thought she had succeeded in teasing him, but when he finally said the words "baby" and "scared", her voice trembled, and her heart trembled unbearably again, and she hurriedly said: "Okay, young master, I promise." You, you hold me.Fu Heng stretched out his hand again, and Yingluo let him hold one of her own hands, asking: Don't you really think I've become ugly?

Fu Heng clung to her long hair and whispered in her ear: No, you are my child's mother-in-law, and you will only become more and more beautiful. I like you to be my child's mother-in-law.Yingluo felt very at ease, and said with a smile: Young master, you are really good at coaxing people, no wonder the empress dowager and the emperor like you so much.Fu Hengdao: Do ​​they like me?Even so, but I only want you to like me.Yingluo felt particularly good in her heart, and said with a smile: "Master, do you know?"I want to have a daughter, because if it's a son, I can't help but like him more, but I also want to like the young master. I've always wanted to tell you, but I'm afraid you will think I'm stupid.

Fu Heng laughed and said: You are really stupid.Yingluo was unhappy and said: Why?Fu Hengdao: My son is not as good as me, so I'm not worried.Yingluo asked in surprise: What?Why?Fu Heng smiled and said: Look, you really want to love your son more than me, so I want you to have a daughter!Didn't I say it long ago, have you forgotten?Yingluo laughed and spat: You are too bad!Fu Heng buried his head in her long hair and said, "Yingluo, whether it's a boy or a girl, it's my child and yours.

Yingluo was very happy again, but said narrowly: If he is disobedient, are you satisfied?Fu Heng smiled and said: With you, he will not be disobedient.Not to mention him, even the emperor, wouldn't he listen to you?I'm not worried.Yingluo laughed.Fu Heng hurriedly stroked her back, afraid that she would not be able to breathe.After a while, Yingluo stopped laughing and said: Young master, you don't know, there was a time when I was really worried that the emperor would treat you... Now I really don't worry.

Fu Heng smiled lightly and asked: Why?Yingluo said seriously: I found that he really listened to me.Then she laughed, and Fu Heng followed her with a smile and said: It was originally.Yingluo said: Do you really think so?This is so strange, how can a person like him be like this?Fu Heng sighed softly, and said: Because you are in his heart, and a person like him can do almost everything, of course he will do everything for you, just like me.But he probably doesn't feel that he is doing everything for you.

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[Historical prototype] Zhaohui.Wu Yashi, the grandson of Concubine De, the biological mother of Yongzheng, and the son of Haiwang.Ping Zhun's great hero, Ziguang Pavilion ranked second.In the ninth year of Yongzheng (1731), [Zhaohui] awarded the military plane Zhangjing in the form of a pen post.He has successively served as a doctor of the Ministry of War, a bachelor of the cabinet, the minister of the Ministry of punishment in Shengjing, the right servant of the Ministry of punishment, the deputy capital of Manchuria in Zhenghuangqi, and the commander of the Xianghongqi guard army.In the 13th year of Qianlong (1748), he went to the Jinchuan military camp to supervise the grain transportation.In the 15th year of Qianlong (1750), he joined the Military Aircraft Department.In the 18th year of Qianlong (1753), he went to Tibet to handle the preparations for defense against Junggar.In the 19th year of Qianlong (1754), when the Qing court sent troops to Junggar, he was ordered to assist the military affairs of the North Road and pay the prime minister.In the 21st year of Qianlong (1756), he was appointed Deputy General of Bianyou to prepare for the aftermath of Yili.In the 22nd year of Qianlong (1757), he led his teacher to Urumqi and was awarded the first-class Wu Yibo with his meritorious service.After Amur Sana's rebellion, he cooperated with the North Route Army to eliminate the rebel forces in the quasi-bu.In December, he was awarded General Dingbian.

In the 23rd year of Qianlong (1758), he led his troops from Yili to Tianshan South Road to quell the big and small Hezhuo rebellions, and even conquered the cities in southern Xinjiang.In the first month of the 25th year of Qianlong (1760), Zhao Hui led the Western Expeditionary Army to the capital in triumph.Emperor Qianlong personally went to Liangxiang to "do a labor ceremony in the suburbs in the south of the city" and comforted him greatly.In February of the same year, Zhaohui entered the Military Aircraft Department as the first-class Wu Yimou Yonggong and Hubu Shangshu.In the 26th year of Qianlong (1761), he was awarded the co-organizer's bachelor and served as the secretary of the Ministry of punishment.In the palace examination that year, he was specially appointed as the minister who read the papers, in order to "Long Qi Yu".He died in the 29th year of Qianlong (1764), posthumously named Wenxiang.His son Zalantai Xijue, the ninth daughter of Emperor Shang Qianlong, the second daughter of Lingfei, and Princess Heshuo and Keke.

Zhaohui has done too many banner capitals or high-ranking officials, and the yellow flag is inlaid with the white flag and the red flag is inlaid with it.According to the portrait of Zhaohui, he is wearing the Zhenglan Banner military uniform, so this section says that he is leading the Zhenglan Banner.