novelraw Chapter 58 Fragrant Hills (3)
Chapter 58 Fragrant Hills (3)
Falcon Eagle is Costin, the totem and spiritual symbol of Manchuria.After moving into Yujing Garden, Fu Heng set aside a special place beside the racecourse to raise eagles. He raised three sturdy chicks and named them Zhuifeng, Moon and Sky Falcon.Raising eagles was originally a custom of the nomadic peoples in Manchuria. After entering the customs, from the royal family to ordinary banner people, they still like to raise eagles and dogs most.The Eagle Raising Office and the Dog Raising Office in the Forbidden City belong to the Shangsi Courtyard, which is located in the north of Donghuamen, in the east courtyard of the three gates of the Shangsi Courtyard, and is mainly used for hunting by the emperor.Fu Heng also likes hounds. The dog house and the eagle house are built together, but he is still looking at the breed.
Yingluo watched him feed the eagle, and continued: I am for the queen's child and the fourth elder brother, she deserves to die herself!But I don't understand, why did Yuan Chunwang do this?Why did he want the fourth elder brother to kill the queen?The queen is his master, what good does it do him for himself?She thought for a while, then looked at Fu Heng, and Fu Heng also looked at her, with a gleam in his eyes, both of them understood, Ying Luo blurted out: So, he knows that I am still alive, and he is using Concubine Rong to deal with me and us!Fu Heng nodded, and said: The Queen should also know.Yingluo frowned and thought for a while, then said: I understand!that piano!Fu Heng asked: What Qin?
Yingluo said, "It's the "Moon Dew Companion" that the emperor showed me in Zhengjue Temple!The empress must have taken it from my residence in Yuanmingyuan to the emperor, and forced him to release me, but it didn't make sense... The emperor said it was the queen mother's order... So it was like this... Fu Heng's eyes lit up , understood everything, let the eagle fly, watched it soar high, and said: The queen really has a city.
Yingluo also watched the eagle fly farther and farther, snorted, and said: She knows that the emperor will not kill me, and she will not let her kill me, so she is afraid that I will go back and fight with her, so she took the truth about Mrs. Qian Coercing the Queen Mother, let the emperor let me go, let the emperor see the piano, know that I have no intentions for him, and he doesn't want to do anything to me, so he can only let me go.But, sir, we both owe her thanks!Talking and laughing.
Fu Heng also smiled and said: Yes.The emperor probably didn't know.Yingluo said: He definitely doesn't know.The queen didn't expect that after I went, Concubine Rong would come again... In this case, Yuan Chunwang's next step must be to expose the matter of the fourth elder brother, so that Concubine Rong will continue to be in trouble.Then she and Fu Heng looked at each other, and they blurted out at the same time: "Try hunting!"
On the second day, Concubine Rong and Caiyun returned to Baoyue Tower, and they were also talking about this matter.Concubine Rong closed her eyes and prayed, Caiyun knew that she was doing it for the two eunuchs who were killed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation yesterday.When she finished praying, she said to her: Madam, don't be sad. Although these two people are just doing things, they always do wrong things and target you.Concubine Rong sighed, and said: They are human beings, and human beings are bound to make mistakes.Caiyun said: In this palace, even a small mistake may result in death, let alone such a mistake.
Concubine Rong said: At least that little eunuch in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is not guilty of death.Caiyun said: It is a capital offense for him to tell others about the emperor. Not to mention him, even the master and his wife should not speak about the emperor at will.Concubine Rong said: "It may not be intentional."Caiyun said: You are still a very kind person.The emperor will deal with such matters.What are you going to do about the fourth elder brother?
Concubine Rong said: I don't know yet, but I must never tell the emperor, I'm afraid he will be sad.Caiyun laughed and said: Actually Madam Nalan said that the slave is not surprised at all, but the empress is too beautiful.Concubine Rong sighed: That was just her guess.Caiyun said: No matter it is true or not, just be careful.
After the incident in the Palace of Mental Cultivation, although the rumors in the palace had subsided, Yong Qi saw that Concubine Rong still did not come to see her at Elder Brother's place, and she no longer appeared at the horse farm. Please be safe.
The queen mother saw that he was tall and tall, energetic, and smiling, she hurriedly pulled him into her arms, and said with a smile: "Good boy, you have grown taller again."Yongqi said: "Auntie Huang, Concubine Rong, mother and concubine, come to your place every day, right?"She hasn't seen Erchen for a long time.The queen mother nodded, sighed, and said: You understand the reason.Yongqi said: But the emperor has already issued the decree, no one has said anything for a long time.
The queen mother said: "Son, your mother and concubine Rong are too beautiful, and this woman is too beautiful, so there will be trouble."Yongqi said: "No matter how beautiful Rong's mother and concubine are, she is also the mother and concubine of the son and minister, and the son and minister serve the mother with filial piety."What others say that Yongqi doesn't care, but the mother and concubine is alienated from her son, doesn't that mean that she has something wrong with blaming her son?The Queen Mother hadn't spoken yet, but someone said: Well done!When the two looked at it, they saw the emperor walking in from the outside.The emperor smiled and said: Yongqi, Huang Ama is so happy!Yongqi is such a good boy!Yong Qi immediately knelt down to pay her respects.
The emperor helped him up, looked around with a smile, and then said to the queen mother: He still looks like me!The Empress Dowager was all smiles, and Nanny Liu said from the side: "The emperor treats his mother with the utmost filial piety, so of course the fifth elder brother is like the emperor!"Yong Qi immediately said to her: Thank you, Mama!Yongqi will definitely take Huang Ama as an example!Before Nanny Liu could speak, the emperor nodded and said, "Good!Turn around, I ordered Shen Bi to see you.Yong Qi hurriedly said: "Huang Ama, don't force your mother and concubine to tolerate her, maybe Yong Qi did something to make her angry, but it's not necessarily true.The emperor said: "Then I will ask."Did concubine Qing visit you at elder brother's place recently?
Yongqi said: Well, Concubine Qingmu comes here every few days, she is very caring.The Empress Dowager said on the top: Concubine Qing is a proper person, and her thoughts are all on the child.I heard that Fukang'an is not so naughty now.The emperor nodded and said: After the draft, I plan to promote her as a concubine.Both the queen mother and Yongqi were very surprised.Yong Qi immediately knelt down and said, "My son, on behalf of Concubine Qing, thank the Lord for your kindness!"The emperor helped him up, and said: Concubine Qing taught you well, that is, she has done a great service to the country, and I should reward you.The Empress Dowager said: "The concubines in the harem, apart from serving the emperor, have other important things to do. The emperor should stand up like that."Nanny Liu pursed her lips slightly knowing the voice of the Empress Dowager.
After the emperor came out from the empress dowager, he said to go to Baoyue tower.When we arrived at Baoyue Building, Concubine Rong was having dinner, and seeing the emperor came, she ordered the kitchen to deliver the meal. The emperor said: "No need, Zhen and Yongqi used to accompany the emperor's mother, you came back late from worship."Concubine Rong knew that he was coming from Shoukang Palace, so she said: "Emperor Niang this morning, she was talking about Yongqi, and we met at night, Huang Erniang, isn't she happy?"The emperor nodded.After Concubine Rong finished her meal, the two had tea.The emperor said: Yongqi said you haven't seen him recently?
Concubine Rong said: Well, Shen Bi went to the Queen's Niang to greet her every day, and then went back to Baoyue Tower, without going anywhere in the palace.The emperor said: Why?Concubine Rong said: Last time, two eunuchs lost their lives because of Shen Bi, and Shen Bi is still praying for them in the afterlife according to our custom of returning to human beings, so it is not easy to meet people.The emperor said: So that's the case, so you won't go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation either?Concubine Rong smiled and said: You also go to other people's place, otherwise Shen Bi will be in trouble.
The emperor snorted.Concubine Rong said: Your Majesty, don't be angry!The emperor said: You are pushing me out on purpose again, aren't you?Concubine Rong was silent.The emperor continued: Even Yongqi is more sensible than you!So he said what Yongqi said to the queen mother.Concubine Rong smiled softly and said: "He is a good boy, thank the emperor for giving him to my concubine."The emperor said: Then why don't you go to see him?Concubine Rong said: "I just said it."The emperor said: No, you definitely have something to hide from me.
Concubine Rong sighed, and said: Your Majesty, why do you always have so many thoughts?What can Shen Bi hide from you?Shen Bi just felt that he had caused trouble for the emperor and should let the emperor be quiet for a while.The emperor hugged her, looked at her with reproachful eyes, and said, "Say it again!"Seeing this, Caiyun and Li Yu smiled at each other and left the room.Concubine Rong sighed again and said: Alright, Shen Bi will stop talking.Said and buried his head in the emperor's arms.The emperor felt full of fragrance, but also felt that Concubine Rong seemed to be uneasy, so he patted her and said: "I trust you and Yongqi, don't think wildly."
Concubine Rong shook her head, and said: Your Majesty, Shen Bi never thought about it before, but when I came to you, I heard people say the words "beautiful beauty is troublesome water", think about it, I am indeed full of sins.How could such a Shen Bi accompany the emperor for the rest of his life?The emperor said: I knew you were thinking wildly, and you can say such things, who said you are a disaster?I call the shots for you!Concubine Rong said: Your Majesty, don't kill people at every turn, and continue to increase Shen Bi's crimes.No one talks about Shen Bi, Shen Bi is just your history that you read in Chinese class.Seeing that she was very depressed, the emperor said: You want to go out, I will take you out for a walk?
Concubine Rong asked: Where are you going?The emperor said: Where do you want to go?Concubine Rong said: Shen Bi heard that Xishan Qingxue is beautiful, and there is also your imperial pen inscription, just go and have a look!The emperor was a little embarrassed and didn't speak.Concubine Rong asked: What's the matter?The emperor said, "Let's change the place."Concubine Rong looked at him and asked, "Who is there?"The emperor said: You are thinking wildly again, I feel that the road is far away, and I have to come back early to review the papers.Concubine Rong understood in her heart that if Mrs. Nalan was there, Lord Fu Heng would also be there.I thought: Xiangshan is such a big place, where can I meet it?He said, "Then you are the master."The emperor seemed to be in the same mind as her, and said, "Okay, let's go to Xiangshan."
At this time, Fu Heng and Yingluo's carriage had already left Xizhimen, and they stayed at Liulangzhuang for the night.Liulangzhuang is a small town with more than [-] households. Because the emperor would rest here when he went to Xiangshan, a post station was built here. .The guard at the station saw that Fu Heng and Yingluo were wearing common clothes. They were young and did not give their names, but they had an extraordinary bearing. Fu Heng held a document covered with the emperor's imperial seal, so he let their chariots and horses in. Quan Zi was also on the list, and the servants in the station all looked sideways at them.
Yingluo looked at Fu Heng and smiled, and Fu Heng also looked at her with a narrow smile in his eyes, meaning: I won't tell them who I am, can't I?The house in the post station is not big, and it feels very warm, with simple wooden tables, wooden chairs, and wooden beds, and the walls are desolate. Compared with Yujing Garden and the palace, the dinner is absolutely simple, with vegetables, tofu, eggs and small fish, all game , but it felt even more delicious when it was eaten in the mouth. Yingluo ate three bowls of rice in a row and praised it loudly.Fu Heng still brought Anxi Tieguanyin to brew, and Yingluo laughed at him as the young master again. Fu Heng ignored her and drank tea with a smile.
In the evening, Fu Heng asked Yingluo to go to bed earlier, Yingluo said: "Okay, you come up to accompany me."Fu Heng smiled and shook his head, but said in his mouth: "Okay, ma'am."It was already spring at this time, although the spring was cold and there was no need to cover it with a thick quilt, the quilt of the inn was not as comfortable as at home, but for the two of them, sleeping in it felt very fresh and happy.Fu Heng noticed that Yingluo was wearing a slightly faded pink bellyband, and he thought it seemed familiar.Yingluo didn't say anything, and hugged his head to her chest.Fu Heng only felt the fragrance bursting out, and asked vaguely: Is this at Xin Zheku's...
Yingluo nodded.Fu Heng separated the two and said, "You kept it all the time?" !Yingluo smiled and said: "Of course, young master, I put this away after that night and never wore it again. I wanted to wait until I married you to wear it again, but unexpectedly, I didn't take it out until today."Fu Heng was filled with emotions, sighed, and then pressed a kiss on her forehead as he did back then, and asked: Do you regret marrying me?Yingluo didn't answer, just giggled and said, "Young master is teasing me again!"Fu Heng kissed the thin belt around her neck, but found that the back of the belt was broken. Knowing that it was because Yingluo hadn't connected it on purpose, and thinking that the lower belt was not tied, he said with a smile: "Miss Yingluo, how about that?" Fu Heng is not polite anymore.
Yingluo giggled again, and said: Fucha's bodyguard, it is a serious crime to communicate with a court lady. You are not always cautious... Before he finished speaking, Fu Heng's lips blocked her mouth, and he said vaguely: Miss Yingluo Not afraid, even less afraid of Fu Heng!Yingluo closed her eyes, hugged his head, and said with a vague smile: Even if Yingluo dies, it's the young master's ghost!Fu Heng laughed, let her go, looked at her, and then hugged her tightly... In the dim light, Yingluo only felt that his big eyes were very bright...
In the end, Fu Heng put her clothes back on, and got out of bed to change her clothes. She lay down and said leisurely: "I've already had a private|communication, what should I do?"Fu Heng laughed, buttoned up his buttons, and said: I'll come back tomorrow night.As he said that, he leaned over and kissed her, as if he was about to leave and come back for a private meeting tomorrow night.
On the second day, the couple had breakfast at the post station, and then went to the fields and countryside.It was the beginning of March and it was the flowering season of rapeseed.The ground is golden, with thin green stems interspersed, butterflies are flying and bees are busy, and the fragrance is overflowing.Yingluo was so excited, if Fu Heng hadn't stopped her, she would have jumped up and down.Zhu Zhu and Xiao Quanzi were dumbfounded, and were overwhelmed by the beautiful scenery in front of them.Fu Heng and Yingluo walked hand in hand on the field path, Pearl and Xiao Quanzi fluttered butterflies in front, and after a while, both of them blushed and sweated.Yingluo was very envious, Fu Heng tightened her hands and said: We will come again next year.Yingluo nodded, still sullen.
After walking for a while, the two sat down to rest on the muddy ground beside the field, the two in front had already run away.Yingluo looked at Fu Heng. Today he was wearing a soft white brocade robe with dark flowers, a gray collar, and gray soap boots on his feet. His big shiny braids hung behind his head, and the golden eyes in front of him were reflected in his black eyes. There is a red and gray two-color court belt around his waist, and a concentric knot of black lending red thread she tied for him.
Between the concentric knot and the tassels is the white jade dragon pattern pendant that Yingluo later wore. The dragon body is yellowish and the four claws are gray.He wears this concentric knot every day, and it can only be seen outside when he puts on his normal clothes at night.The whiteness of his whole body complemented the white fur cloak he was wearing.She suddenly remembered a Yuefu poem she had read recently:
Bai Shilang lives in Linjiang.
Lead Jiangbo and follow fish.
Accumulated stones are like jade, and columns are like greenery.
Lang Yan is unique and unique in the world.
According to the book, this is a folk song for entertaining gods in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is played with strings.She read softly: Lang Yan is unique, there is no other in the world.Fu Heng didn't hear clearly, and asked: What did you say?Yingluo pinched his cheek with a smile, and said, "Master is so handsome!"He thought in his heart that the next time he asked Master Lu to compose this poem and asked Concubine Rong to sing it for the emperor, Concubine Rong would definitely win another big prize.For a while, he thought again, I heard that the emperor liked Concubine Rong's singing and dancing very much, so he had to find a way to get her to sing in Yujing Garden so that he could see it.Thinking about it, he stood up, walked behind Fu Heng, and put his hands on his shoulders.
Fu Heng looked back at her and smiled lightly. Just as she was about to bend down to kiss the top of his head, she suddenly felt a movement in her lower abdomen, which seemed to be the little fish vomited a bubble, but she didn't care, and continued to bend down to kiss. touched the top of Fu Heng's head.Fu Heng looked up at her again, with joy in his eyes.It happened that a few farmers with hoes walked by, seeing the young couple so affectionate, they laughed straight away.Yingluo also smiled happily at them, and suddenly felt a small fish vomit several bubbles in her lower abdomen, and then she understood, and she was overjoyed and said to Fu Heng: Master, this is the baby moving!
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[Historical and cultural origin] "Bai Shi Lang Qu" comes from the "Yuefu Poetry Collection" compiled by Guo Maoqian in the Song Dynasty.In addition to Wuge and Xiqu, there are [-] "Shenxianqu" among the folk songs of the Southern Dynasties, which also belong to the "Qing and Shang Quci".According to the "Book of Jin Xia Tong Zhuan", at that time, witches were often used to worship gods.The gods enshrined in Shenxianqu are mostly local ghosts and gods, and their origins cannot be tested.
[Huanghua Station] Huanghua Station is a post station established in the capital during the Qing Dynasty.Affiliated to the Huitong Hall of the Ministry of War, it manages the affairs of the Jingshi Station.There are 250 stage horses, 150 grooms, 150 carts, 150 horses and [-] coachmen.The annual funds are awarded by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households.The postal network in the Qing Dynasty, centered on Huanghua Post in the capital, radiated to the whole country.Its main trunk network is distributed as follows:
1. Northeast Road: From Huanghua Station to the east, passing by Shengjing Station.From Shengjing Station, it reaches Jilin, Heilongjiang and other places.
2. Northwest Road: From Huanghuayi Station via Zhangjiakou to Kulun, Kebuduo and other places.
3. East Road: from Huanghuayi Station through Shandong, and then divided into two roads, one road to Jiangning, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places; one road to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places.
4. Middle road: from Huanghuayi Station through Henan, and then divided into two roads, one road to Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi; one road to Yunnan and Guizhou.
5. West Road: From Huanghuayi Station through Shanxi, it is divided into two roads, one road reaches Shaanxi, Gansu, and Sichuan; the other road reaches Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Tibet.
6. Waterway: From Huanghua Station, through Tongzhou Luhe Station, along the Grand Canal, leading to Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces.
In the novel, the local stations dedicated to the imperial court are collectively referred to as Huanghua Stations.
[Fu Heng's White Clothes] Fu Heng's attire written at the end of this section refers to the white midi dress that Fu Heng wore in the original drama when Fu Heng changed clothes on the Rongyin Festival Day in the Changchun Palace, which was designed by the concubine Jia.