Recently, in sorting out the deeds of The Empress Dowager Kangxi, I found an interesting phenomenon, although in the film and television dramas, all efforts are made to render Kangxi's feelings for The Living Concubine of Yifei, but if you carefully compare the history, you will find that in kangxi's life, there is another important concubine, that is, the concubine. From a small palace girl, to a concubine, and then to the later empress, Princess De's life is also very legendary.
Kangxi
It is said that Liangfei is from Xin Zhiku and has a humble status, in fact, what has been overlooked is that Yongzheng's birth mother, Princess De, is also born in a coat, and is not much better than Liangfei. Princess Wu Yashi of the De Dynasty, a Manchurian Yellow Bannerman, was the daughter of the Protector of the Army and the First Rank of Gong Wei Wu. It was originally wrapped in the Yellow Flag of Manchuria, and it was originally wrapped in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In the twelfth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Wu Yashi was selected to enter the palace through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and at first because of his low birth, he was only a small palace girl. But the Uya clan is beautiful and well-informed, and such a woman, with only a little attention from the emperor, is easy to get out. And Uyashi endured for several years, and indeed waited for that day.
In the seventeenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the nineteen-year-old Wu Ya clan gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, which was later the Yongzheng Emperor, which was her first child, who was originally to be pampered like a jewel, but at that time, the Wu Ya clan was still too low, although she gave birth to a prince, but she had no position, and still belonged to the palace girl level. According to the custom, she was not qualified to raise the crown prince, so after the fourth brother was full moon, she was sent to Tong Jiashi to raise, tong Jiashi was Kangxi's cousin, also Kangxi's noble concubine, and later became Kangxi's third empress. Always, the status is high.
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Therefore, Yongzheng grew up around Tong Jiashi since he was a child, and his relationship with his birth mother Defei was also relatively unfamiliar, which also laid the foundation for the future discord between their mother and son. The birth of the fourth brother gave Wu Yashi a reason to be knighted, and in the eighteenth year of The Kangxi Dynasty, she was crowned a concubine and became a concubine.
De Concubine was an empathetic woman, and for Kangxi, who was troubled by state affairs all the time, she was a flower of interpretation. Because of this, Kangxi liked her very much and frequently pampered her. In the nineteenth year of Kangxi, Concubine De gave birth to the sixth son of the emperor, Yin Zuo, and gave birth to two healthy princes in succession, and the mother was gui with her son, and she also received the grace of Kangxi, and the position of the Wuya clan in the harem was gradually stabilized.
This is also manifested in the Kangxi twenty-year concubine ceremony, the 22-year-old Wu Ya clan and Hui Concubine, Rong Concubine, Yi Concubine four together with the four concubines promoted to concubines, of these four concubines, Wu Ya clan status is the lowest, is the wrapped birth, in the Qing Dynasty attaches great importance to the birth of the harem, Wu Ya clan can be regarded as a special case. From the seventeen years of kangxi palace daughters to the twenty years of Kangxi's concubines, the speed of Wu Ya's promotion can be said to be very fast.
Princess De
Wu Yashi, who was no longer a palace maid, could finally raise her own children, so she was particularly fond of Yin Zuo, but Yin Zuo died not long after. Of course, she was extremely favored, she had no children, Kangxi actually felt more sorry for her, Kangxi twenty-one years, Defei gave birth to the seventh daughter of the emperor; kangxi twenty-two years, Defei gave birth to the ninth daughter of the emperor (Princess Gulun Wenxian); Kangxi twenty-five years, Defei gave birth to the twelfth daughter of the emperor; three princesses in a row, but only the ninth daughter of the emperor lived to adulthood, and the other two princesses died in infancy.
If it is only here, then the only thing that Princess De can rely on is the first son, the fourth brother. However, in the twenty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, it was surprising that Princess De actually gave birth to Brother Ah again, that is, the fourteenth son of the Emperor, Yin Zhen, who was later the Great General Wang, who was a major opponent when Yongzheng seized the concubine.
When the fourteenth brother was born, Princess De was already thirty years old, in the harem where there was no shortage of newcomers, Princess De's age was actually really relatively old, but Kangxi abandoned the young and beautiful concubines and did not favor them, but instead loved Princess De alone, it is conceivable that What DeFei grabbed Kangxi must not only be young and beautiful, but also something that can resonate spiritually. She gave birth to the fourteenth son of the emperor at the age of 30, and was already the oldest concubine in the Kangxi harem.
In Kangxi's harem, Princess De had always been an introverted and quiet person, but when her son Yongzheng ascended the throne, her reaction was extremely fierce. Not only did she refuse the title of empress dowager given by Yongzheng, but even did not hesitate to turn against Yongzheng, in fact, Princess De's various reactions were only because she favored her younger son Yinzhen, and if it was Yinzhen who gave her the position of empress, I am afraid that she would accept it with joy; it was Yinzhen who gave her, but she was extremely angry, thinking that Yongzheng had robbed her of the throne of her younger brother Yinzhen.
Mother and son were so deadlocked, in the end, no one was good, and not long after Yongzheng ascended the throne, Princess De was depressed. The fourteenth brother lost the protection of his mother, and was even more jealous of his brother, and he was imprisoned until Qianlong ascended the throne; and Yongzheng himself, on the one hand, was resentful of the lack of maternal love, on the other hand, he also left a crime of forcing his mother in the future generations. In the end, all three of them became losers.
Yongzheng
In fact, as far as Gong Dou is concerned, Princess De is really powerful, and within a few years, she was promoted from a palace maid to a concubine, and gave birth to six children for Kangxi, and the grace of the saint has not faded in ten years. It is said that at that time, the concubine was over fifty years old and no longer slept, and when Princess De was over fifty, Kangxi was often with her, which showed that Kangxi really liked Princess De, and Princess De made him feel very comfortable. However, as a mother, Princess De was really unqualified, and did not level the bowl of water for the child and let the brothers fight the wall, but did not bring any positive impact to the two sons.