novelraw Chapter 257 Sword Dance (3)
Chapter 257 Sword Dance (3)
Ebol also smiled, not caring.She stayed at home for a long time and never complained. She watched "A Dream of Red Mansions" with even more relish, and she never got tired of watching it over and over again.Yong Qi usually goes home from the yamen to stay with her during Shen Shi, and doesn't go to the other two's rooms until after dinner.As he said, he only kissed and hugged her. Ybor knew that he had lingering fears about the almost lost child earlier, and he often comforted him. The queen mother can rest assured, and so can the little jealous wife.Ybor always hit him with a smile.Yongqi also said that the only unhappiness is missing her cooking, saying 'I don't want to eat anyone's cooking, I just want to eat your cooking'.From time to time, Ebol would go to the kitchen in the west courtyard to make simple noodles with cabbage, fresh shrimp and eggs or plain noodles with mushrooms.
Originally, the two of them sat and watched happily every day, but at this time, every time Yongqi looked at her, she felt very distressed, saying that she really shouldn't have two children at once, and Yibol comforted him again, saying that she was fine, and although she slept, she felt very distressed. Restless, but my appetite has always been good. Apart from severe edema, I have no other discomfort, which is similar to that of my aunt before. Dr. Ye also said that she is well, so he must be relieved.She also said that having two babies at once would save trouble, and Erniang also said that it was October to be pregnant with one, and October to be pregnant with two.
Gao Yun was communicating with Yi Boer, saying how he felt when he was pregnant with twins. The letter was sent to Yongqi's yamen, and everyone in the palace naturally didn't know.Sang Yunduan also misses her very much, but it's not easy to ask, so Yongqi said that Ibol is very good every time she met him, so that he could rest assured.
Two major events happened in the former court and the harem, and after Yingluo returned from Shengjing, she was trying to match up Sang Yunduan and Miss Chen's family in the outer hall.And the Ye family successfully gave birth to a daughter at the end of September, weighing seven catties, named Ye Wusu, which means Wu County of Gusu, and the whole family was happy. "Thousands of gold".After the plague was brought under control, Ye Tianshi stayed in Wu to see a doctor and take care of the aftermath, and did not come back until the delivery date approached. She often went to Ye's family to take care of her, and picked out a midwife and nurse for Ye's family, and added a housekeeper, three maidservants and two Boy, I was very busy, so Fu Heng's family didn't live in Chunhe Garden.On the day when the fifteenth elder brother was washed for the third time, she specially ran to the Old Summer Palace.
Although Sang Yunduan was not enthusiastic about his own marriage, his princess mother was very interested. After her husband was deprived of his title and his home was confiscated, she worried about her precious son's marriage.And before Yun Duan died in place of her father, she was terrified and cried until her heart broke, thinking it was because this silly boy had no wife.The Chen family is Han, although they are not from the imperial court, nor are they princes, but they are very wealthy in Beijing, and they are considered the largest family in the outer court. They have extensive contacts with Mobei all the year round, and Princess Sang thinks it can be considered.
Although the Chen family made friends with many Khalkha princes and princes because of their business and status in the foreign embassy, they did not really enter the circle of powerful and powerful people.Marriage is the best way, but the Chen family is the home of merchants, high-ranking Han officials do not marry the Chen family, and Manchu and Han do not intermarry, so it is even more difficult for Mongolians and Hans.After the Ren family in the foreign hall was convicted, the emperor directly confiscated the Ren family's property into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then transferred it to Tie Pu as a reward for meritorious service. here.So the Chen family and Tie Pu had more business contacts.
The Chen family didn't know Tiepu's origin, saw that he was fluent in Chinese, had braids, and thought he was a Manchu from his name, but only knew that he had only entered the foreign hall. He is a Mongolian, but Tie Pu seldom speaks, so it is impossible to understand. It turns out that he established contact with him through his daughter's marriage.
King Sang was originally the head of the princes in Mobei, and he was the prince's son-in-law, a relative of the emperor, and he had more status than many Manchu nobles. He also served as the chief executive of Sino-Russian trade in Khalkha for many years. A camel is bigger than a horse, and its influence and foundation in Mobei are still deep-rooted, and the Chen family is still hard to come by.He was overjoyed that Tie Pu would lead the marriage proposal.Although he knew that Tie Pu had a relationship with the Mongolian prince, but it was such a relationship, he was really surprised, and he looked at him with admiration, so he became serious about the marriage.I also heard from Tie Pu that Sang Yunduan was a good-looking talent, both civil and military. He was once summoned by the emperor and couldn't be better. The Chen family and his son were very active.
Rongrong and Yingluo also made arrangements for the Ye family, while Aisha was busy with the marriage of the Sang and Chen families. She has never been a matchmaker, and she is also enthusiastic.So the two sides exchanged the date of birth, and set a date in October. When the school was closed, they were still at the flower market of Longfu Temple, and taught Sang Yunduan to secretly look at the young Miss Chen.
On this day, Sang Yun got up early in the morning, and when his apprentice Wang Yichun came, they went to Longfu Temple a few streets away from home.
The Sangwang Mansion where the Sang family lives is in Santiao Hutong, Dongcheng, just to the north of his uncle's family, Prince Yi's Mansion, separated by a wall, and it was originally a courtyard built by Prince Yi's Mansion.The reason why he met Yibor at the Baijiashilan Market near Prince Yu's Mansion in the south of the city was because he was studying in Guangfantang.Because of his martial arts skills and the need to conceal his identity, he never brought the palace guards and servants with him.And it's a long way home, Baijiashilan has the largest market nearby, not only a vegetable market, but also various teahouses and restaurants juggling and so on.So after class, he often went to the "Xie Ke Teahouse" next to the market to review his books, had lunch at the market, and then went to Zhenglan Banner Zuoyi Zongxue to ride and shoot.
Both Baijialan and Guangfantang are within the jurisdiction of Zhenglan Banner, not far from Zuoyi Zongxue.And every time he sat in a secluded tea room in the north corner of the second floor of the tea house, the window of that tea room was facing the small vegetable market at the back of the tea house.In fact, he didn't follow Yibor, and he had a panoramic view of everything on the second floor, otherwise he would have been noticed by the guards such as Mingliang.
The reason why he likes this teahouse is because the name of this teahouse is unique, which originated from the poem "Qingpingle" written by Yan Jidao in the Song Dynasty:
The smoke is light and the rain is little, and the fragrance of Zimo is little.Xie Ke's pond grows green grass, and the red plums grow old overnight.
Spinning the topic with new poems.Rediscover the good times of willows.After the strong half-spring cold, when several flower letters came.
This poem is pasted on the teahouse, and he has to recite it every time he goes in. His favorite sentence is "Green grass grows in the Xie Ke pond, and red plums grow old overnight".He has a piece of "One Pond Spring Green" ink by Luo Xiaohua, a master ink maker in the Ming Dynasty, at home.
Wang Yichun is a new student in the academy at the beginning of the year. He is young, not yet sixteen. Because of his quiet nature, he is bullied. Sang Yunduan stands up for him, so the two become friends.This Wang Yichun is very good at homework, very hardworking, good at writing poems, and good at painting. Sang Yunduan liked him very much, and asked him to go riding and shooting with him, but Wang Yichun kept refusing, saying that he was weak, so he refused. No longer forced.Sang Yunduan is bold and low-key, but after all, he is a prince and grandson, and he is worried about revealing his identity, so he doesn't want to get too close to others. He has no good friends in the academy, until he met Wang Yichun, and the two hit it off very well.
When something happened to the Sang family, after school, Wang Yichun would always stay and sit with him for a while, ask him how things were going, listen to what he had to say, give him good words of comfort, and sometimes accompany him to run outside.He was imprisoned and then went to Nanyuan. He didn't come to the school for more than ten days. When he came back, Wang Yichun's eyes were red when he saw him, and Yun Duan was moved by his love.Therefore, the person he was closest to in the school was Wang Yichun, so he planned to find an opportunity to introduce him to Yongqi, and at this time he asked Wang Yichun to accompany him to see this Miss Chen.Wang Yichun refused to go at first, but he persuaded him that he was just seeing each other in secret, that Ms. Chen would not know, nor would anyone else know, that he must go with him, and that he would go to his home to pick him up, so Wang Yichun reluctantly agreed, saying that he door to door.
When the time came, Wang Yichun came as scheduled.Sang Yunduan came out immediately after hearing the news, happily stepped forward to take him by the arm and said: Brother Chun, let's go!In front of the guards at the gate of King Sang's mansion, Wang Yichun blushed, but he broke free from him if it was not good, and said: Brother Sang, please!With that said, he withdrew his hand and got into his carriage.The guards of the palace led his horse "Red Flower Eagle", and Sang Yunduan got on the horse, reined in beside Wang Yichun's car, and walked slowly towards Longfu Temple together.
Along the way, Sang Yunduan was very excited, talking about this and that, Wang Yichun seemed relatively quiet in the car, and took a long time to answer.Sang Yunduan raised the curtain of the car window with his saber, and said with a smile: Such a good solar terms, what are you doing with the curtains!It's so lively outside, look at it.Wang Yichun felt embarrassed and said, "Brother Sang, it's already cold outside. My younger brother is weak and afraid of catching cold."Sang Yun smiled and said: "Follow you!"Don't blame me when you get sick!Then he put down the curtain, moved on, and chanted Li Taibai's poem loudly: Five-flowered horses, thousands of golden furs, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell the eternal sorrow with you!Wang Yichun secretly thought in the car: What an idiot.
When we arrived at the flower market, it was early in the morning, and when we entered the Nanfu flower house, Sang Yunduan held Wang Yichun by his arms. Wang Yichun wanted to break free from him, so he immediately hissed and said in a low voice: "Miss Chen should be here, you and I will find her together." Look, is there a girl in a light blue cloak with two maids by her side? That's her.Wang Yichun looked around, there were a lot of people, and after walking for a while, he saw a girl in a light blue cloak, followed by two maids, looking at a loquat tree planted in a pot, and saw the girl with apricot eyes and peaches. Cheeks, with a radiant face, pretty and elegant, he was startled for a while, but Sang Yunduan was still looking around, so he said in a low voice: Over there, he slightly raised his hand and pointed.
Then Sang Yunduan saw it, and said, "You're doing well."As soon as the words finished, Wang Yichun broke free from him and said: Brother Sang, my little brother went out and waited for you.Then he walked out.Sang Yunduan became impatient, and didn't care to look at Miss Chen any more, so she hurriedly chased her out.But Wang Yichun was not seen outside the flower house. He was very anxious and searched everywhere. The flower market was crowded, so he couldn't find it for a while, so he walked around a lot and returned to the door of the Nanfu flower house, thinking: He will definitely come back after he finished shopping. Wait for me here.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Miss Chen and two maids coming out, and saw a handsome young man standing at the door of the conservatory, and all three of them blushed.When he saw Miss Chen's pink face, he didn't feel his heart move, but it was inconvenient to reveal his identity, because Miss Chen didn't know that he was looking at each other in secret today, so he saluted and said: "Young lady, you are polite."
Chen Muhua didn't expect that he would talk to him, and without looking up, he returned the salute and said, "Is the young master waiting for someone?"He was about to speak when he saw Wang Yichun approaching, and hurriedly said happily: Brother Chun, you are finally back!Where did you go, causing me to look for you everywhere.Chen Muhua felt even more embarrassed when he saw another young and handsome young master came. After a hasty blessing, he took the two girls away.
Seeing that Sang Yun was sweating profusely, Wang Yichun said: "Your bride is gone, and if you don't go after her, what are you messing with me for?"Sang Yunduan felt strange when she heard the difference in her tone. She didn't know why he was angry. When she turned her head, she saw that Miss Chen had really left. After watching her back in the light blue cloak go away in the crowd, she smiled at Wang Yichun: Brother Chun, what's the matter with you?Can't bear me?Wang Yichun blushed, turned his head and left.Sang Yunduan deeply regretted his mistake, and hurried to catch up and pull his sleeve.Wang Yichun said angrily: So many people, what do they look like!
Sang Yun smiled, looked around, and sure enough someone looked sideways, and said: What's the matter!You are my junior.As he spoke, he grabbed his sleeve.Wang Yichun was thin and was still walking, when suddenly his sleeves were caught and he couldn't hold his feet, so he bumped back against him.The moment the two bodies touched each other, Sang Yunduan felt a strange feeling in his heart. He came to his senses for a moment, and hurriedly pushed Wang Yichun away, only to see several people on the side of the road stop and point, and Wang Yichun stood there, his face flushed.So he said to those passers-by: What are you looking at!Have you ever seen brothers quarrel with each other? !Those pedestrians left immediately.
So he wanted to say a few words to Wang Yichun to relieve the embarrassment just now, but unexpectedly the words came to his lips, but he couldn't say them.Wang Yichun didn't dare to look at him, turned around and left again.He hurriedly shouted: Brother Chun!Pure brother!He chased him all the way, but he didn't dare to pull him anymore.Wang Yichun walked to the place where his carriage was parked, but he couldn't see the driver, so he wanted to get into the carriage by himself.
Sang Yunduan had already approached, stopped him, and said: Brother Chun, I was not good at being a brother just now, but I didn't mean it, even if you want to leave, you have to tell me, why are you angry!Wang Yichun didn't speak, nor looked at him.Sang Yunduan suddenly understood in his heart, and said: You...you...no wonder you didn't want to come, and you were angry when you came...Wang Yichun blushed again, got in the car hurriedly, and got into the curtain.
Sang Yunduan was still in a daze, when the coachman of Wang's family came up, and said that he had gone to relieve himself, he had been looking at the carriage and BMW all the time, it was just a matter of time, and it would be fine if he thought about it in the downtown area.Wang Yichun ordered in the car: Old Wang, I want to go home.The coachman hurriedly said, "Yes, my lord."Then he bid farewell to Prince Sang.Seeing that Sang Yunduan was dumbfounded, as if he didn't hear, he didn't know what to do.Wang Yichun said in the car: Old Wang, don't worry about him, his horse is tied to the tree over there, and he will go back by himself.Old Wang agreed and drove the car away.
After Sang Yunduan rode home, he didn't eat lunch. He sat in the room and thought about it for a long time, thinking about everything in the morning. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Brother Chun liked him? !And I also... Could it be that I like him too? !How can it be!The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. I couldn't sleep all night, and I didn't go to school the next day.Gui'er felt very strange, so he went to tell Princess Sang that the little prince didn't think about eating and drinking when he came back from the flower market yesterday, and he didn't even go to school today.
When Princess Sang heard this, she smiled and said: It seems that he has taken a fancy to Miss Chen's family!Very good!This idiot finally got his head around it!He doesn't want any of these beautiful girls in the family, and he doesn't listen to people who come to kiss him... He went to talk to his husband in the back room, and then came to his son's yard to have a look.Seeing that his son was still lying high on the bed, he sat on the edge of the bed and said happily: Duaner, since you like Miss Chen, let's settle this matter, shall we?Although the Chen family is not very ideal, it is rare that you like it.After the next appointment, we will make preparations, and we will hold a happy event during the Chinese New Year. Let's add happiness to our happiness, okay?
Sang Yun turned around and said: Er Niang, I don't want to get married!Concubine Sang only thought that her son was shy, and said: "Son, what nonsense are you talking about!"You like this Miss Chen in your heart, Erniang knows it!Er Niang will teach someone to hire someone. If you, Ama, know the good news, you will be in a better mood!Said to get up and go.Sang Yunduan immediately grabbed her, sat up, and said: Er Niang!I am not kidding!I haven't thought about getting married yet!Don't force me!Because Concubine Sang is the owner of a Manchu princess, and King Sang himself grew up in the capital, so at home, the Sang family used Manchu names, called Er Niang and Ama.
Seeing his serious expression and pale face, Princess Sang hurriedly said: "Okay, son, my mother won't force you, what's the matter with you?"Is this sick?After speaking, he touched his forehead, but it was not hot, so he wanted to call the doctor to have a look.Sang Yunduan said: I didn't sleep well last night, just let me sleep again, I'm even more tired after working hard.Concubine Sang hurriedly asked him to lie down, covered him with a quilt, and told Gui'er and Yatou to take good care of him before leaving.
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[Yuexiu] is the general name of Guangdong embroidery art, one of the four famous embroidery in China.It has a local style with neat and rich composition and bright and lively colors, especially the technique of Liushuilu (empty thread embroidery at the intersection and overlap of patterns).Due to Guangdong's unique geographical location, in the 22nd year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty (1757), Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty ordered Western merchant ships to be restricted from entering Guangzhou Port. Since then, the convenience of foreign import and export trade has promoted the further prosperity of Guangdong embroidery. In 1793, the Embroidery Guild was established in Guangzhou, with more than 3000 professional embroidery artists. Subsequently, Guangzhou and Chaozhou established embroidery shops, embroidery villages, and embroidery workshops, and the professional team of Guangdong embroidery continued to expand. In the 18th century, Cantonese embroidery became popular among the British royal family and the upper class, and became a fashion for them to show off their wealth and social status. It also promoted the prevalence and development of royal court embroidery in England and France.
[Crane and Deer Tongchun] is also called "Liuhe Spring", the ancients said: "The words of the north are completely indistinguishable from cranes, so those who draw pictures of Liuhe and Toon trees take the meaning of Liuhe Spring".Cranes are fairy birds with a sense of immortality, elegant temperament, and beautiful appearance. They are known as "first-class birds".The longevity of the crane is immeasurable, and it is the king of longevity. Later generations often use "crane longevity", "crane age" and "crane calculation" as birthday celebration words.Cranes, male and female, follow each other, walking in a regular manner, affectionate but not promiscuous, and have high virtues.The ancients often used the white crane with a gentleman's demeanor as a metaphor for a virtuous person with noble morals, and called a person who cultivated himself and behaved cleanly "a man of the crane."Deer is an auspicious animal, which symbolizes auspiciousness, longevity, and dominance. Deer and Lu are homophonic, so it also symbolizes power. "Cranes and deer in the same spring" takes the beautiful meaning of "spring is everywhere in the world, and everything is thriving".
The essence of [Manchu and Han do not intermarry] is actually that banner people do not intermarry, that is, banner people and non-banner people do not intermarry, although the Qing Dynasty never had a law prohibiting banner people from getting married.Han Chinese bannermen still intermarried with Manchus or other bannermen.Reasons why Manchus and Hans do not intermarry include:
Ethnic Contradictions: In the early Qing Dynasty, the rulers of Manchuria carried out the six evil policies of "shaving hair, changing clothes, enclosing land, occupying houses, extorting money, and escaping people", which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Han people and intensified the ethnic conflicts. Therefore, emotionally, the two Ethnic groups do not have the conditions for intermarriage.
Draft girls: The emperor of the Qing Dynasty regularly selected show girls from the Eight Banners girls, and then selected queens and concubines.Only after the women who have passed the draft are not selected can the women of the Banner family marry on their own.Therefore, the draft girls are bound to have a certain impact on the banner people's marriage.
Real estate interests: The Eight Banners are allocated banner land and houses by the imperial court.In order to protect the industries of the Eight Banners, the imperial court did not allow bannermen to mortgage their real estate to the common people, commonly known as "bannermen do not hand over property".As we all know, in ancient times, the inheritance of real estate was a major event for a family. If the bannermen were widely married, it would inevitably involve the issue of real estate inheritance. Therefore, once the two married, the decree "banners do not hand over property" would inevitably cause a lot of trouble, so This decree objectively restricts intermarriage among bannermen.
Legal status: In the Qing Dynasty, bannermen were not punished, and bannermen had a certain degree of legal immunity.For example, those who have committed the crimes of exile and exile have the privilege of being exempted from being dispatched and replaced by shackles.In this case, if the banner people intermarry extensively, the banner people will lose their legal privileges.
Ethnic customs: Han women have the custom of binding their feet, which is not conducive to labor production in the eyes of banner people; while banner women have natural feet, which does not conform to the aesthetic concept of "three-inch golden lotus" of Han men at that time.
Therefore, although the Qing Dynasty never forbade Bannermen from getting married, the unwritten custom of "Manchus and Hans do not intermarry" was formed due to various reasons such as politics, economy, and culture.
[Prince Yu] In the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), Fuquan, the second son of Emperor Shunzhi, was conferred the title of prince.Prince Yu's Mansion was near Baijialan in the south of the capital at that time.