What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
The love story between Hai Lanzhu and Huang Taiji is familiar to many people, and history records that in the eighth year of Tiancong, the 26-year-old Hai Lanzhu married the 43-year-old Huang Taiji under the escort of his brother. The ancients generally married earlier, and it was almost impossible for a woman not to marry at the age of 26, but all the deeds of Hai Lanzhu before the age of 26 were not recorded in any history books, as if Hai Lan Zhu was a strange woman who crossed to the Qing Dynasty out of thin air.
Hai Lanzhu immediately became the exclusive favorite of the Emperor Taiji harem after marrying Huang Taiji. After getting the Hailan Zhu, huang Taiji regarded the other women in the entire harem as grass mustard, and only the hailan zhu was in his heart. Emperor Taiji was called empress, Zhezhe was made empress, and Hai lanzhu was made empress, the second most honored person in the entire harem, and behind her was the noble concubine Namu Zhong and her own sister Empress Xiaozhuang. Even though Hai Lanzhu entered the palace late, her favor was still the highest in the harem.
Emperor Taiji has given Hai Lan Zhu so much favor that we can hardly describe it in words. In addition to the title and other external things, the Emperor Taiji treated the son born to Hai Lanzhu completely differently, and even the son just born by Hai Lan Zhu was tacitly accepted by the Emperor Taiji as the future heir, and the son was precious by his mother, and this honor was rare in the entire Qing Dynasty harem.
However, Hai Lan Zhu did not accompany Huang Taiji for long, Chongde for six years, and the 33-year-old Hai Lan Zhu Xiang died. Huang Taiji was fighting outside at that time, and even so, after receiving the news of Hai Lanzhu's death, he rushed back to Shengjing as soon as possible. It was a pity that Hai Lanzhu had gone too early and did not see the last side of the Emperor Taiji. After Hai Lan Zhu died, he left Huang Taiji alone, and in order to show the difference of Hai Lan Zhu, Huang Tai Chi specially posthumously honored Hai Lan Zhu as Min Hui Gong and Yuan Fei (courtesy name).
The meaning of Yuan Fei is not ordinary, there is the meaning of the original match and the right wife, indicating that in the mind of the Emperor Taiji, Hai Lan Zhu is his own wife. Seeing this, many people must have a question, at that time, since Emperor Taiji had already been called emperor, and had already sealed the harem, then, after Hai Lanzhu's death, why didn't Emperor Taiji posthumously crown her as empress? Wouldn't it be better to posthumously crown her as empress? Moreover, posthumously being crowned empress is also a matter of fame and fortune for Hai Lanzhu.
In fact, the reason why Huang Taiji did not posthumously crown Hai Lanzhu as empress was related to a woman, who was Empress Zhezhe of Huang Taiji's Xiaoduanwen. Because Zhe Zhe was Hai Lan Zhu's aunt, at that time Zhe Zhe was still very healthy in the world, and was the Empress of the Middle Palace of the Emperor Taiji, if he also posthumously named Hai Lan Zhu as an empress at this time, then it was bound to be declaring that his aunt and niece were of the same rank. After comprehensive consideration, Huang Taiji decided to take care of Zhezhe's feelings, and did not posthumously name Hai Lanzhu as empress, but made her a yuan concubine to show her differences.