In the Forbidden City of Beijing, it was late spring weather, the sky was already warm, and the sun was shining on the Changyin Pavilion of Ningshou Palace. A burst of drums and flutes wafted from here, more than 30 court musicians were playing their own instruments, and one of them was in a bright yellow dragon robe, holding a pipa in front of him, and he was constantly waving his fingers and flicking, and the singing section in the song "Peony Pavilion" in his mouth began to sing, and Pu won the applause of dozens of palace maids and eunuchs and spare musicians around him as soon as he opened fire.

This man in the dragon robe is the current Xianfeng Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this Xianfeng Emperor likes fine wine, beautiful sex, but also likes to sing, and often goes to Changyin Pavilion to listen to music, and sometimes itchy, and often sings a few songs in person. At this time, listening to the continuous cheers around him, Xianfeng became more excited and sang more energetically. Xianfeng likes to sing, and the people around him are also having fun, as long as Long Live Lord opens his mouth, no matter how good or bad he sings, the color sound must be continuous, so as to help Long Live Lord's Yaxing.

When singing on the head of Xing, a eunuch came quickly, and the chief eunuch Peng Youyi, who was waiting on the side, whispered a few words in his ear, Peng Youyi's face was suddenly overjoyed, and regardless of Xianfeng Zhengxing, he stepped forward and shouted: "Your Majesty, a great happy event!" ”

Xianfeng finally sang the long note of the water mill cavity, and was complacent, but he didn't want to be interrupted by Peng Youyi, his face suddenly looked bad, and the pipa in his hand also listened, and the other musicians had to stop looking at each other.

Peng Youyi saw that Xianfeng's face was not good, and hurriedly said: "Ancestor bless, Concubine Yi has just given birth to an elder brother. ”

Before the words fell, Xianfeng jumped up suddenly, and the pipa in his arms also fell to the ground, and he stepped forward and asked urgently, "Is it really a boy?" ”

Peng Yiyi knew in his heart that the biggest knot in this master's heart was that he was in his twenties and had no heirs, and he smiled like a chrysanthemum on his face at the moment: "The true master, the queen personally sent someone to report it." You can't go wrong. ”

Xianfeng breathed a long sigh of relief, clasped his hands together and muttered to the sky: "Ancestors bless, ancestors bless." Then he stepped forward and kicked Peng Youyi to the ground, and scolded with a smile: "Hurry up and drive the Shouhuang Palace, I will personally report the good news to the emperors of the past dynasties!" ”

Although Peng Youyi was kicked, he knew that the master was very happy in his heart, and this master was not happy to fight, and he was happy. At that moment, Peng Youyi was about to get up, and with a snort, he arranged for Luan to go.

Shouhuang Hall is located in a group of buildings in the north of Jingshan, there are the main hall, the left and right mountain halls, the east and west side halls, as well as the kitchen, the library, the stele pavilion, the well pavilion and other buildings. The main hall is the top of the yellow glazed tile hall. The glaze is heavy and high, and the bucket arch is stepped on five. The whole surface is seven zhang wide, and the depth is two zhang. There is a side door on both sides, the top of the yellow glazed tube tile hall, and the glazed single ang single warped five step on the bucket arch.

There is a compartment in the back of the Shouhuang Palace, which hangs and enshrines the portraits of the emperors of the past dynasties since the Kangxi Emperor all the year round. The compartment of Emperor Kangxi is in the center, and the rest of the emperor's compartment is on the left and right according to Zhaomu. In the same room. The third Emperor Jiaqing, the fourth Emperor Yongzheng, the fifth Emperor Kangxi, the sixth Emperor Qianlong, and the seventh Emperor Daoguang. In addition to portraits, there are also shrines, tablets, small parts of the emperor's clothing, treasures, seals and stupas on display. In the Shouhuang Palace, there was also a large dragon cabinet in the interior, which stored a large number of various portraits of the emperors and concubines of the Qing Dynasty, these portraits were called "Holy Appearance" and the concubines of the Emperor in the Qing Dynasty archives.

Xianfengluan drove to the back of the Shouhuang Palace. The rest of the people were waiting in the main hall, and he ran into the compartment alone quickly, knelt on the futon, and bowed to the portraits of Emperor Daoguang and others. The incoherent words in his mouth are always chanting: "No, Xiao Zi loves Xinjueluo. Yi Su is happy to be Lin'er today, thank the first emperor for the examination and the blessing of the ancestors...... "After some thanks, Xianfeng rushed to Chuxiu Palace to visit his baby son.

Since Xingzhen moved back to the Forbidden City with Xianfeng from the Old Summer Palace before the New Year, she has been waiting for birth in Lijingxuan in Chuxiu Palace wholeheartedly. After calculating that the day was approaching, Xianfeng and the queen Niu Co Lu arranged a lot of people to wait for delivery, and the grandmother with delivery experience alone sent 18 people, which shows that Xianfeng and the queen Niu Co Lu attach great importance to this fetus.

Before dawn this day, Xingzhen felt abdominal pain, and followed her grandmother to check and found that the amniotic water had broken, so she hurriedly arranged for childbirth, and urgently reported to the queen Niu Colu. Empress Niu Colu, who later became the Empress Dowager Ci'an, was a native of Manchuria with a yellow flag, and was originally the daughter of Mu Yang'a, a third-class Chengen Gong of Youjiang Province, Guangxi. Niu Colu is gentle and virtuous by nature, and she is frail and sickly, she is unlikely to get pregnant and give birth, she is the head of the six palaces, and the imperial heir is not in the bloodline, and she is also under great pressure. It was Niu Colu who heard that Concubine Yi was about to give birth, and he also hurried to Chuxiu Palace.

Last time Concubine Li gave birth, Niu Co Lu also went, but Concubine Li only gave birth to a girl, which was really disappointing. In the sedan chair, Niu Colu has been praying to God and Buddha for this baby to be an elder brother. Since Xianfeng succeeded to the throne and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom arose, the Qing Kingdom has been in turmoil. In Xianfeng's early years, his brother broke his leg because of riding a horse, and his legs and feet were a little lame, and Niu Colu's family was often sick. Although the Qing court really killed a group of people after hearing this rumor, the rumor has spread, and it can't be stopped, not to mention that some rumors are the talk of those down-and-out yellow ribbons in Sijiu City after dinner. And Xianfeng has succeeded to the throne for a few years, but there are still no heirs, which seems to confirm the words that the number of qi has been exhausted, because Xianfeng and the queen Niu Colu both hope that the concubines in the palace can give birth to a son no matter who they are, in order to break this unfavorable rumor.

When Niu Co Lu arrived at Chu Xiu Palace, it was in the early dynasty, and it was inconvenient to pass on Xianfeng, and then Concubine Yi began to produce, Chu Xiu Palace went up to Niu Co Lu, down to the small eunuch and palace maid, all of them were like facing a big enemy, and they were so nervous that they forgot to pass it on for the time being. Fortunately, an hour later, Concubine Yi gave birth to a baby boy smoothly, and the entire Chuxiu Palace cheered, and then Niu Colu remembered the good news of Xiang Xianfeng.

After Xianfeng arrived at Chuxiu Palace, he saw the baby boy in the queen's arms, and he couldn't help himself, so he wanted to go forward and hug him, Niu Colu hurriedly persuaded: "The emperor's golden body, don't be so troublesome, the eldest brother was born, and he needs to be recuperated for a few days." ”

At this time, the infant mortality rate is still quite high, especially in the Manchu royal family, because there are many close relatives who are married, and the royal blood is getting weaker and weaker, and there are not a few children who die on the day they are born.

Xianfeng thought about it and understood what the queen meant, so he looked at it a few times and said, "This child will be named Zaichun, and the queen should take care of it properly." ”

Niu Co Lu responded, and then Xianfeng's decrees were issued one after another, he was happy to get the prince, and the royal bloodline was continued, so he thought about announcing it to the world, and gave Concubine Feng Yi the throne as a noble concubine, and rewarded the Yehenala family, Chuxiu Palace and others all had meritorious achievements, and even all kinds of people in the entire Forbidden City were also stained with a lot.

Later, Xianfeng ignored the filth of the delivery room, and actually went inside to take a look at Xingzhen, and only said: "Take care of your body with peace of mind." He was persuaded by the queen and the grandmothers to go out.

Xingzhen, who was lying on the bed, was still sweating profusely at this time, and she had no strength, but she didn't expect Xianfeng to come in and say such a sentence to herself, you must know that ordinary emperors would not come to the delivery room in person.

After the grandmother around her body cleaned up, the flattering words came one after another, and all kinds of supplements and stews were also delivered to her mouth one after another. After Xingzhen gave birth, she was really hungry in her belly, and after eating something, she fell into a deep sleep.

When she woke up, it was already evening, Xingzhen struggled to get up, and Kang Qi and several grandmothers who were waiting beside her hurriedly stepped forward to help her, only persuading her to eat more.

After Xingzhen snorted, a grandmother turned around to arrange food, and Kang Qi stepped forward and said happily: "Master, the emperor has issued a decree, and the master has been promoted to the concubine." The grandmother on the side also said: "Yes, yes, congratulations to Concubine Yi." ”

The corners of Xingzhen's mouth hooked a light smile, after entering the palace for more than two years, she was promoted from a noble person who was almost beaten into the cold palace to the position of the concubine, you must know that above the concubine is the queen. But who can know the hardships he has endured?

After eating some food, Xingzhen remembered the child and hurriedly asked, "Where is the child?" Hongu wants to see it. ”

Kang Qi hurriedly said: "The eldest brother has been taken over by the queen to take care of him, and after the full moon, he will enter the four institutes of Qianxi and settle down in his own internal affairs office." The master doesn't have to worry, when the master finishes confinement and wants to see the eldest brother, he can go to see it if the emperor and the queen ask for a decree. ”

Xingzhen sighed, her eager face slowly weakened, she didn't like this child in the first place, Shicai just thought that it was always a piece of meat that fell from her body, and she thought of taking a look, but she didn't think of the rules of the Qing Palace, and the parents and children were not taken care of by their biological mothers.

Xingzhen slowly leaned on the soft couch and thought to herself, this is fine, so as not to have too much affection with the child in the future. Anyway, this child has been born, and there is someone to take care of him, so he doesn't have to worry about how to raise him. But after the full moon, I should think about how to return to Xianfeng and accompany the driver to review the folds.

Because she gave birth to Xianfeng's first son, there were constantly concubines from various palaces, royal families outside the palace, married princesses and other female dependents who came to visit, and He Yi also received a lot. Xingzhen asked Kang Qi and An Dehai to accept it, and made a book to hide it, these favors will be returned in the future, and then Xingzhen will use these things to make friends with the powerful.

On this day, the moon was born, and Zaichun's full moon wine was also scheduled to be held on that day, and Xingzhen got the will of Xianfeng and the queen, so she took Kang Qi and An Dehai and others to the banquet.

The whole banquet was very lively, Xingzhen, as the biological mother of the eldest brother, also got a lot of flattery, Xingzhen also did not refuse, and made friends with those female relatives again, these connections will be used in the future.

In the middle of the banquet, Xingzhen got up to change her clothes, but when she turned back, she met a person outside the side hall, that person was only about twenty years old, dressed in the clothes of the prince of eight pythons, and the instrument was magnificent, but it was Prince Gong Yi. (To be continued......)