When Empress Longyu married the Guangxu Emperor, the phoenix palanquin she was riding on was locked by a golden lock, and if it were not for the appearance of a book, I am afraid it would have become a permanent secret. As for what is this mysterious book? Why was Empress Longyu's phoenix palanquin locked? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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Empress Longyu was the daughter of the Yehenara clan, a Manchurian yellow flag bearer, born on February 3, 1868, died on February 22, 1913, named Jingfen, nicknamed Xizi, the daughter of Yehenara Guixiang, the deputy capital of the First Rank Cheng'en Duke, and was Guangxu's cousin. Empress Longyu grew up with a thin physique, and although she received a good education, she did not have the demeanor of everyone. However, Empress Longyu herself was not pleasant in appearance, she was withered and somewhat hunched, her eyes were slender and her mouth was raised, and she was not a beautiful woman. It was only because of his birth in a prestigious family that he was able to eventually become the empress of the Guangxu Emperor.
In the fourteenth year of Guangxu, that is, in 1888 AD, Empress Longyu was hand-picked by Empress Dowager Cixi to marry the Guangxu Emperor at that time, and only one year later, she was officially made empress, and after the wedding date, she lived in Zhong pu Palace, one of the six palaces in the East. It's just a pity that the Guangxu Emperor didn't like Empress Longyu, on the contrary, he favored Bingxue's clever and beautiful Concubine Zhen, who was very jealous, but her little arm couldn't twist the emperor's thigh, and she didn't have any way. On February 22, 1913, Empress Longyu died of illness at Changchun Palace, one of the Six Palaces of the West, at the age of 46, and empress dowager Xiaoding Longyu Kuan Hui Shen Zhe Xie Tianbao Shengjing Empress, and buried Chongling with the Guangxu Emperor.
As we all know, marriage is a major event in life, and for the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's big wedding is a big event, and it is necessary to hold the National Day celebration. Of course, as a dowry paid by the royal family to Empress Longyu, it is an astronomical number. It is said that when the emperor married, he would often be pardoned for three days, and the death row inmates in prison could be exempted from punishment and return to a normal life. However, you may not know that in fact, when the Guangxu Emperor married Empress Longyu, the phoenix palanquin under his seat was actually locked. Generally speaking, the people absolutely did not dare to ask more questions about the affairs of the palace, because the imperial court made a rule that anyone who inquired about the secret affairs of the palace without authorization would be sentenced to capital punishment.
If according to our imagination, when the bride marries her husband's family, although she needs to sit in a flower palanquin, there is at most one curtain in front of the palanquin. But the royal family is different, in a documentary literature called "Yingtai Weeping Blood", but vividly recorded this matter. According to the text, when Empress Longyu boarded the phoenix palanquin, the eunuchs in Ouchi used a golden lock to lock the door of the palanquin, and then Pegasus sent the golden key into the palace and handed it to the Guangxu Emperor.
Why the eunuch locked Empress Longyu in a phoenix palanquin is clearly explained in the "Yingtai Weeping Blood Record", the author believes that it may be that the court at that time was trying to prevent someone from transferring the empress halfway, or it may be afraid that the empress would be unnecessarily hurt. Of course, it is most likely that the emperor himself wants to give the empress a "dismount", because only the emperor can master the golden key, symbolizing that only he can release the empress, become a mother of the world, and live the life he wants and everything he wants.
Unfortunately, whether it was a golden key or a silver key, Empress Longyu's life after marrying the Guangxu Emperor was not happy. Since they were both members of the royal family, and Empress Longyu was also the cousin of the Guangxu Emperor, the two had known each other since childhood, and of course, there would be no spark of passion. In addition, Empress Longyu had a quiet personality and a general appearance, which was not the type that the Guangxu Emperor liked at all, and the two could not have a common topic. Of course, as a product of political marriage, Empress Longyu was backed by Empress Dowager Cixi, and the Guangxu Emperor was very disgusted with the empress dowager, doubly indifferent to Empress Longyu, and also a silent struggle against Empress Dowager Cixi.
From this, we can also find that in fact, if you want to be happy in marriage, you don't need a golden lock or a golden key at all, you only need two people to manage your relationship together to achieve happiness.
References: "The Secret History of the Palace" by Zhang Shanshan published by Jilin Publishing House
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm