Chapter 212: Shaping the Archetype

Not to mention that there are really a lot of legends about this, as a famous merry emperor, Emperor Qianlong can be said to have left a lot of legends in the folk, maybe it is apocryphal or other, Emperor Qianlong is a 'Han people' is the son of Chen Ge Lao, a big salt merchant in Haining, but it is a legend that makes the people believe in it.

Haining County, Zhejiang, which belonged to Hangzhou during the Qing Dynasty, is a small county by the sea. Although Haining is small, it is famous for the majestic sea tide here. According to legend, there was a salt merchant in Haining named Chen Shiqi, commonly known as Chen Ge Lao, who entered the court as an official during the Kangxi period and often had contacts with Prince Yong's family. Today, the old house of Chen Ge still preserves a nine-dragon plaque, which is said to be written by Yongzheng himself. According to legend, Prince Yong and Chen Ge's two wives gave birth to children on the same day, same month, and year respectively, and Prince Yong asked the Chen family to take the child into the palace to see. However, when the child was sent out again, the Chen family was dumbfounded, and their fat boy turned into a little girl. The Chen family had to swallow their anger. The fat boy who was transferred to the palace was the later Emperor Qianlong.

There is a wild history called "The Foreign History of the Qing Dynasty", the author is the late Qing literati Tian Hao, he said in the book: Qianlong knew that he was not a Manchu, so he often wore Hanfu in the palace, and asked the favored ministers around him if he looked like a Han Chinese. Qianlong in history did often wear Hanfu, and now the Forbidden City still preserves many portraits of Qianlong wearing Hanfu. Perhaps this is one of the reasons that gave rise to the legend.

Of course, whether these are true or not, there is no evidence, but since it is a legend that can be circulated, Li Minghui also thinks it is good to use it, of course, there is a legend about Qianlong, which is a legend born of an ugly girl, because it has little to do with the creation of calligraphy and swords, Li Minghui just laughed and looked at it, and did not pay too much attention.

Of course, the legend of Princess Xiangxiang. Li Minghui is very interested, and this is also a highlight of the book, Princess Xiangxiang is also an important soul character in the book, from this character, the character of Chen Jialuo can be reflected, which also leaves room for speculation whether the novel is true or false, after all, what is the real history, everyone knows that the Red Flower Society will naturally not succeed. Because of Chen Jialuo's tragic character, this can be justified, but it makes people talk about it.

It is rumored that in the middle of Qianlong, the Qing army entered Xinjiang. Dingbian General Zhaohui captured the princess of the first tribe, this woman was born beautiful. What's even more strange is that her body will emit a strange fragrance. She is known as Xiangfei. Emperor Qianlong was very fond of her, insisted on accepting her as a concubine, in order to please her, he built a Baoyue Tower in Xiwan for Concubine Xiang to live in, and often visited in person. Hope is obedient. However, Concubine Xiang has a strong personality, swears to the death, and hides a sharp blade, expressing her unyielding determination. I often cry because I miss my hometown. When the Empress Dowager learned of this, she summoned Concubine Xiang and asked her, "If you refuse to give in, what are you going to do?" Concubine Xiang replied with "only death", and the Queen Mother said: "Then I will give you a death today." Concubine Xiang bowed her head and thanked her, so when Emperor Qianlong was staying alone in the palace, she ordered Concubine Xiang to be hanged to death. The reason why the Queen Mother executed Concubine Xiang, in addition to the above-mentioned to fulfill her name, said that the Queen Mother was worried that her son Hongli (that is, Emperor Qianlong) would be harmed by Concubine Xiang, and it was also said that because Concubine Xiang was favored by Emperor Qianlong, the concubines were jealous and slandered the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother listened to the slander and harmed Concubine Xiang. After the death of Concubine Xiang, Emperor Qianlong was grieved, and finally sent his coffin to his hometown for burial with a concubine ceremony. This theory was widely circulated in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and there were many operas, raps, novels and poems that narrated the story of Xiangfei, which painted sound and color, poignant and moving, so that many people believed the rumors of Xiangfei. In 1914, the Yude Hall of the Palace Museum exhibited an oil portrait of a Qing Dynasty woman in military costume with the title of "Portrait of Concubine Xiang", so the legend is even more so.

And Li Minghui also read the book and sword in his previous life, and the description of Princess Xiangxiang is described as a very beautiful peerless beauty, with a beautiful face, brilliant and beautiful, like a pearl, like a beautiful jade, bright and beautiful. At the most dangerous moment of saber rattling, Princess Xiangxiang appeared in front of the confrontation between the Qing soldiers and the Hui army, and her beauty that was not in the world made tens of thousands of soldiers stunned and lost their fighting spirit.

This astonishing description, touching brushstrokes, makes Princess Xiangxiang's beauty miraculously shrouded in magic clouds, mist meals, dew and food, shepherds frolicking, she is a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world; Bing Qing Yujie, the country and the city, she is a wonderful flower in the snowy region of Huijiang; The men of the same clan did not dare to face it, the dashing family Luo Na was speechless, and Zhaohui's personal soldiers forgot to die.

But at the same time, Princess Xiangxiang, who is also a very tragic woman in the book and sword, is happy with Chen Jialuo, and is favored by Qianlong, Chen Jialuo is to restore the Han people, give it to Qianlong for trading, and finally die to save Chen Jialuo.

It can be said that the legend about this woman has been read by Li Minghui for a long time, after all, he has also read some literary works that shape the characters, the shaping of the characters is an extremely important thing, and the characters can also drive the development of the plot in the novel, and the story of different characters gathering together becomes a novel.

Therefore, for the character of Princess Xiangxiang, Li Minghui naturally wants to create an excellent character, originally if you imagine this kind of character out of thin air, it is extremely difficult, but now that there is a historical legend, this makes things much easier.

And I don't know why, when he saw Princess Xiangxiang, Li Minghui remembered Ye Xiaowan, and gradually had a rough outline of this woman in his heart.

But thinking of Ye Xiaowan, Li Minghui is understandable, because Ye Xiaowan is the kind of extremely beautiful woman, and the temperament on her body makes people feel like they can't bear to blaspheme, that kind of classical beauty temperament, isn't it just the prototype of Princess Xiangxiang, which makes Li Minghui more and more excited the more he thinks about it.

"But brother is not Chen Jialuo, and brother's sister Xiaowan's fate can't be the same as Princess Xiangxiang! Well, in that case, I want to use Sister Xiaowan as the prototype to write Princess Xiangxiang, so I have to ask Sister Xiaowan to agree, so okay, ask her what she thinks when I go to the library to chat today! ”

Thinking of this, the corners of Li Minghui's mouth were filled with a smile, and he looked very happy.

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Bowen Library.

"Xiaowan, tell you something!"

Li Minghui found an opportunity, looking at the brilliant Ye Xiaowan, Li Minghui really felt that he had found Chen Jialuo's mentality of seeing Princess Xiangxiang for the first time, and he was a little stunned.

"Idiot, what's the matter, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Li Minghui was stupid again, Ye Xiaowan was a little happy in her heart, but she still said angrily, listening to this crisp voice, Li Minghui woke up in a trance, feeling that this was the prototype of Princess Xiangxiang that he needed, and immediately he was extremely excited, grabbed Ye Xiaowan's little hand and said excitedly: "Xiaowan, what is that......"

"This idiot, won't he just confess to me here!"

Ye Xiaowan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated with a bang, and she didn't know what to do, but she forgot to withdraw her slender jade hand, and her face was slightly red after a long while, and she suddenly pulled away and said, "You idiot......"

Li Minghui only felt the slender jade hand at this time, the feeling of being soft and boneless, and his heart moved slightly, looking at Ye Xiaowan, who was staring at Ye Xiaowan with eyes as bright as stars in the sky at this moment, the thoughts in his heart became even more firm.

I heard Li Minghui hurriedly blushed slightly, and explained: "Xiaowan, I didn't mean to, it's just that I'm thinking about a book now!" ”

"Idea a book?"

Ye Xiaowan frowned slightly, slightly disappointed in her heart, but although she didn't have much talent for writing books, she was still very excited to hear that she was writing books, but when she thought that Li Minghui was already writing two books, she frowned a little: "Minghui, do you want to open a third book, you are dying!" ”

Ye Xiaowan now knows more about online articles, and although she is a typical temperament beauty, she is also a modern urban woman after all, so these Internet terms come out of her mouth.

It's no wonder Ye Xiaowan is angry, the two books are opened at the same time, with the ethereal quality, it will cause such a big noise, and now Li Minghui actually wants to open the third book, this is not death, is it something else.

Although I appreciate Li Minghui's talent and literary heritage, even Ye Xiaowan is not optimistic about writing the third book.

Li Minghui didn't seem to hear the change in Ye Xiaowan's tone, and still said extremely excitedly: "Xiaowan." Listen to me, I just had the idea of this book, but this book is different from Zhuxian and ethereal, it will not be written so lightly, but a lot of preparation work must be done in advance! ”

"Oh!"

Hearing that Li Minghui was not going to start writing immediately, Ye Xiaowan also frowned slightly, looking very interested.

Looking at Ye Xiaowan, who was bright and holy, and his demeanor was incomprehensible, Li Minghui felt that he was stunned, but fortunately, he and Ye Xiaowan had seen each other for a long time, and he also had a certain immunity to Ye Xiaowan, so he immediately adjusted his mentality and said: "Xiaowan's book will be extremely exciting, I dare to guarantee that it is beyond the journey of Zhuxian and Ethereal, not to say that his interest, but the overall value, whether it is literary value or others!" ”

At this time, Li Minghui's face had an extremely confident light, and he had this confident capital, because even if the book sword is Master Jin's debut, it was ranked first by Master Ni Kuang, and ranked eighth in Master Jin's works by other well-known people, this is because of the meaning created by the book sword, which is a huge change in the old and new martial arts.

And this change is undoubtedly of epoch-making significance!

You must know that in this parallel space, although martial arts publishing is extremely hot and has a huge influence in the country, the creation of martial arts has also fallen into a bottleneck, and once the book and sword come out, it will inevitably shock the whole country and even the entire Chinese world...... (To be continued......)