Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Fallen Peony
Luoyang, between Lihe and Luo, in the middle of the world, not only has the majestic atmosphere of the Central Plains, but also has the charm of the southern water town. After the opening of the world, since the three emperors and five emperors, Luoyang has become the envy of heaven and man with its great beauty of heaven and earth. Luoyang represents the earliest China, the most true China, and the most profound China.
Luoyang City, according to the mountain in the north, looking at Yique in the south, Luoshui runs through it, according to the Tiger Prison Pass in the east, controlling Hanguguan in the west, surrounded by mountains, standing in a forest of Xiongguan, so it has the name of 'Eight Passes Duyi', 'Mountains and rivers arch Dai, and the shape shìjia is in the world'; and it is located in the 'middle of the world', 'the east presses Jianghuai, the west is Guanlong, the north passes Youyan, the south is Jingxiang', and it is called 'the eight directions', 'the hinterland of Kyushu', 'the thoroughfare of ten provinces'. Therefore, all dynasties have been the place where the princes competed for the emperors of the Central Plains, and became the most important political, economic and cultural center in history.
And Luoyang is probably the most famous peony flower, peony is almost the representative of Luoyang, here is famous for cultivating peony, the whole palace is full of peony flowers.
With a click, another peony flower fell, and it was still the most miserable from the middle, a typical spicy hand destroying the flower, and it was destroyed to a certain realm.
When Wen Jieyu saw such a scene, she shook her head unconsciously, she really admired the person in front of her completely, and said that she was vassally elegant! She wanted to arrange flowers, but this morning, there was not a single flower in the vase, on the contrary, there was no east wind on the table, saying that she did not understand literature and ink, but she was a character who knew piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
"Sister thinks such flowers are not to your liking? Do you want someone to send some more? "For the sake of today's plan, I can only let her be so ruined, and I can't persuade her, so I let her mess around alone.
Angel put down the scissors in her hand, and suddenly looked like a deflated ball, and said with a bitter face, "It's so boring, in the whole yard except for peonies or peonies, are there no other flowers?" With so many identical peonies, my heart is about to be messed up. β
Wen Jieyu cried silently behind her back after hearing this, your heart was messed up, but I shed tears for these flowers in my heart, and at the same time grieved for the silver, you actually cut off hundreds of taels of silver in one morning, it is really enough to lose.
If the concubine wants one or two peony flowers, there is really no big deal, someone will send her over, that is, she wants one or two pots of peony flowers at her position, and there will be people who run over diligently.
There are indeed many idle and bored people among the concubines, but the silver in the purse is enough, and they will spend a few thousand taels of silver to plant flowers, but after that, they are all carefully watching, after all, the silver is not blown by the wind.
Angel's peony flowers are indeed not precious, after all, Luoyang is most famous for peony flowers, but you want so many peonies are inserted in vases, and peonies are famous for eating meat flowers.
After a while, the peony flower came to the door, although it is not a very precious flower, but there are still a few people who are famous in the peony world, Wen Jieyu can't help but sigh at the ability to manage things.
But what makes her the most depressed is Angel, she wants to arrange flowers, just arrange flowers well, and she may be able to learn both hands, but early in the morning, thirty peonies were removed at once, more than twenty, and one hundred taels of silver were wasted, even she was reluctant to take out such a large sum of silver.
Her dowry is already a lot among the daughters of the family, that is, ten hectares, two Zhuangzi, two shops in the prosperous area of the capital, two large courtyards, plus some miscellaneous things, the consumption in the palace is high, although the family gives gifts every year, but will not put all the assets on her.
How did she know that the one around her was a mobile gold mine, and there were at least more than 50 Zhuangzi in Anjia, not including more than 20 hot spring Zhuangzi, and there were almost hundreds of noodle shops in the four countries, and there were thousands of hectares of fertile fields near Shengjing, not to mention the fertile fields in other places.
An Ruozhi for the daughter left by this wife, it can be regarded as painful to the bones, when she entered the palace, she divided fifty hectares of fertile land to her name, and then gave her four hot spring Zhuangzi near Shengjing, and there were as many as six other Zhuangzi, and twelve shops were drawn to Angel's name, and she bought four big mansions, plus some of the money she earned in her early years, when she entered the palace, her real estate was almost as much as 100,000 taels, plus 50,000 taels of silver, 10,000 taels of gold, and some miscellaneous things, when it comes to wealth, she is completely comparable to a family.
Ruining so many flowers, for her, is just a pure venting thing, but she doesn't know why she can't find the feeling all the time, obviously it's used for decoration, but how to look at it and how it twists, she has to destroy it to be willing.
"Sister Chen and Sister Wen are also here, the weather is okay today, I also want to have a good time and go out for a walk, I didn't expect to meet two sisters, it's a coincidence."
Angel looked at the source of the voice, and was a little surprised when she saw the person coming, but she still got up and said to the person in front of her, "Rong Wanyi is well!" β
Wen Jieyu also got up then and asked the person in front of her to say goodbye, "Concubine, please say hello to Rong Wanyi!" β
Rong Wanyi also greeted the two of them, and pulled the two to the pavilion to chat and talk, after all, idle days have never been rare.
"Concubine to Chen Guiyi and Wen Jieyu Niangniang, please be safe!" After the three of them sat down, a woman with a comb on the woman's head bowed down with a clear and beautiful voice.
Wearing a goose yellow background floating peony palace dress, plain gauze clothes, embroidered with golden silk threads, eyebrows are not painted and daisy, lips are not self-demonic, the skin is smooth and creamy, the long hair is gently draped down, the butterfly-shaped hairpin is obliquely inserted, the tassel made of pearls falls on the hairpin's head, the carefully depicted distant mountain eyebrows fly obliquely into the sideburns, and the light brown rouge is finely wiped on the eyebrows in the corners of the eyes, bewitching and blurry.
Angel couldn't help but sigh a little, "What a Yao Huang peony, you call yourself a concubine, you should be a concubine in the palace, why hasn't this concubine seen you before!" β
Yao Huang Peony smiled tactfully, and the indescribable charm was moving, "The concubine is just a change of clothes that has just been promoted, and she is not qualified to meet the mother, waiting for the lady at this moment, you can see the face of the lady of Guiyi, and ask the lady to atone for her sins, don't dislike the concubine and get in the way." β
"Huh! It's a talker, get up! He turned his head to Rong Wanyi and said, "My sister heard that the emperor has found a clever starling in recent days, but due to some matters related to relocation, he asked her to serve in her sister's courtyard, presumably this one!" β
It is said that the emperor found it himself, but it is better to say that it was offered by Rong Wanyi, several maidens originally came to Luoyang to find a confidant palace maid to present to the emperor, but under the influence of Concubine Jing, this matter had to speed up a lot, and it didn't take long after arriving in Luoyang, so I found a few beautiful people with excellent looks to cultivate, and then stuffed them directly in front of the emperor's majesty.
Angel doesn't have much hatred for this Rong Wanyi, Rong Wanyi doesn't have any faction in the palace, and she treats herself well during her grounding, and she won't think so much about poking her heart, and in front of Wen Jieyu, she said that she stuffed women for the emperor, but she was afraid that the emperor would come directly to her to settle accounts.
Rong Wanyi saw that she said vaguely, but she also thanked her for her good intentions, and said directly Yao Qingyi, "You can't look at these flowers, you can take them away, and go to tell the people in the imperial dining room that tonight this concubine wants to eat Buddha and jump over the wall, let them prepare." β
After Yao Qingyi heard this, she immediately understood what she meant, although she was following Rong Wanyi, she was not confident enough to rely on the favor of Her Majesty, and used the identity of a concubine with no grade to challenge a concubine from the second grade, and made a small salute to the three of them, "No!" The slave and maid are gone! β
Looking at her smoky and departing back, Rong Wanyi turned around and said to Angel, "Sister doesn't need to comfort me, what the hell is going on, everyone in the palace is like a mirror in their hearts, fortunately, Yao Qingyi is also an interesting person, and how to do it in the future depends on her own blessings." β
Angel really felt very sad, at least for the women in the palace, in order to please the emperor, she actually kept stuffing women for him, even if it was a person like herself who didn't care at all, she couldn't be satisfied, and said comfortingly, "Sister thinks too much, I think Your Majesty is just an interest in those people, and it will naturally be thrown away after a long time." β
Rong Wanyi looked at the petals scattered on the stone table, her fingertips gently stroked the delicate petals, and a wry smile overflowed from the corner of her mouth, "Sister, but I'm restless?" Do you always think this flower is very much in your eyes? β
Angel shook her head almost reflexively, "No! The tone was cold and stiff, Angel glanced at the other party a little apologetically, but she still didn't like the other party guessing her mind very much, this feeling was very uncomfortable, and her mood at the moment was guessed exactly the same.
This made Angel even more uncomfortable, I really don't know why she felt like this, she seemed to feel that the peonies in the yard were not pleasing to the eye, and she couldn't wait to uproot them all to feel comfortable.
Rong Wanyi didn't rush to ask her to nod or anything, but glanced at Wen Jieyu who was sitting there quietly, "I'm afraid that Sister Wen's face is calm, and her heart looks like a kitten is scratching!" β
Wen Jieyu smiled faintly and looked at her rhetorically, "Why did Sister Rong say that?" β
Rong Wanyi's fingertips were like green onions, and she pointed to the petals spilled by the wolf on the table, "This concubine has heard that my sister spent a hundred taels of silver in the morning and moved a large number of peony flowers from the flower room, saying that she wanted to cultivate her sentiment and practice the art of flower arrangement. Moreover, Sister Wen is happy to watch the play here, and she has no intention of stopping Sister Chen, so the concubine guessed that the two of you were a little uncomfortable in their hearts. β
Angel was helpless, picked up the peony flower on the table, which was relatively complete, and smiled miserably, "Sister Rong smiled, and my sister didn't know what was going on recently?" I always feel very uncomfortable, as if I want to uproot the peony flowers when I see them, and the flower arrangement here is just to force myself, but in the end the result is only getting worse and worse. β
Rong Wanyi couldn't help but glance at the two of them with some pity, although these two girls are plain and have good brains, they are still too young, there are many things that they shouldn't think about, and they can't think about it, but the two of them are obsessed with this, "I know, what are you two uncomfortable with, but even if it's like this, what can you do?" That person is the emperor, the Ninety-Five Emperor who holds the world in his hands, even if the two of you are deeply distressed, but what can this change? β
Angel opened her mouth, I have to say that the woman in front of her entered the palace a few years earlier than her, and she still saw through some things earlier, she never had any expectations and feelings for the emperor, but this feeling was like facing her husband in her previous life.
"I just feel a little uncomfortable, as early as when I entered the palace, I figured out something, according to the family status I have come to today's road, the emperor has already given me a dignity. The sisters who entered the palace with me at the beginning, the highest one is just a concubine, I am now the second grade of the noble ceremony, His Majesty XiΓ comes back to see me from time to time, this is already a good way out, but I always feel uncomfortable in my heart, as if there is a hurdle. β
Rong Wanyi saw that there was no pretentiousness in her eyes, and she knew in her heart that this woman's mind was not in the palace in the first place, so she didn't fall too deep, "It's good that you can think like this, so that there will finally be some hope for the future!" β
Angel smiled faintly, didn't say anything, can you do it if you don't see it, she almost understood what was going on when the emperor was **.
Fu Guifei has been arrogant and domineering for many years, but he needs to suppress the queen alone, but at some point it endangers her heirs, so he has no choice but to pull Concubine Hui to her current position, and she is also a little princess on the frontier.
Angel's Jin Feng was purely a coincidence, he didn't want to Jin Feng himself as fast, but because of his life-saving grace, he won the little princess of the frontier in front of everyone, and at the same time wanted to test how deep his water was, so he pulled up several important women.
Later, the elder brother returned triumphantly, Yuliangren's stomach still had problems, the emperor somewhat watched the play, the An family was somewhat saturated at that time, and after An Yeting returned to Beijing, her position still had to be promoted to a certain level, but she didn't expect that there was an accident, in order to appease the An family, she could only give her father a marquis, and everything in Yuliangren's affairs went according to herself.
An Yeting finally came back, but the court couldn't resist the blows of the new forces, but it became more and more subtle in Angel's hands, and the emperor began to guard against her, worried that she would become the second Fu Guifei, so he snubbed himself, and when he saw the always, he was reluctantly relieved.
When he received that Liang Chonghua was pregnant, he was probably still very happy, but he became very embarrassed at that time, Angel simply gave the other party a favor, and directly asked her to be named Chonghua, so as to put the emperor's suspicion back in place.
Wen Jieyu instantly dripped crystal droplets, "But, but, I still feel very uncomfortable, such a day is very uncomfortable, I don't want to do this, even if that person is the emperor!" β
Rong Wanyi smiled bitterly, "That's because you're stupid, we are all women, and women have always been miserable." Even if you follow the arrangement of the family and marry a man who is the right person, don't you still have to collect a house for them and raise a concubine after marriage?
At this moment, Angel suddenly felt more and more that Concubine Jing was like Yongzhengye's young concubine, and I hope her fate in the future will not be as sad as that woman.
Yongzheng fully affirmed the character of the young concubine in the book. Call her: soft temperament, bow and prudent. When he was in the domain, he was cautious and cautious in front of the queen, and he was generous and peaceful. After I ascended the throne, the concubine was examined by the emperor, and the imperial concubine did her best to pay tribute to the internal affairs, and also temporarily eased the punishment of Nian Qianyao.
After the death of the imperial concubine, the prince was left with blessings. Yongzheng is very fond of this son, even more than other princes. In the sixth year of Yongzheng, 8-year-old Fuhui also died. Yongzheng was very sad and ordered "funeral according to the prince's regulations". Hongli and Hongday, who are over 18 years old, are not even Beizi, and when Qianlong posthumously crowned Fuhui as the prince, he said: "My brother and eighth elder brother are always loved by the imperial examination."
From Yongzheng's expression after his death and his love for her son Fuhui, it can be seen that he had great feelings for the imperial concubine, and suspended the punishment of Nian Qianyao due to the imperial concubine's illness. Only a month after the death of the imperial concubine, Nian Qiyao was condemned, but the imperial concubine also won the honor of burial in Tailing, and the imperial concubine's father was also buried according to the first-class public rites after his death. In other words, except for Nian Qianyao, the rest of the relatives of the Nian family were not implicated.
Kangxi gave birth to the fourth daughter of the emperor in March of the 54th year, the seventh son of the emperor Fuyi was born in May of the 59th year of Kangxi, the eighth son of the emperor Fuhui was born in October of the 60th year of Kangxi, and the ninth son of the emperor Fupei was born in May of the first year of Yongzheng. From her first birth to her death, she took all the heirs of Emperor Yongzheng, and no one came out of the other concubines, Yongzheng's favorite concubine.
But even so, what can be done? Nian Qianyao was arrogant and domineering, even if Nian Guifei gave birth to so many princes, she was destined to be unable to become an adult, and finally let Niu Colu give a cheap gift in vain, and a month after his death, Nian Qianyao was killed, which is really a different kind of peony.