Concubine Ling, the famous Empress Xiaoyi chun of the Qing Dynasty, was the biological mother of the Jiaqing Emperor, and the de facto leader of the Qianlong harem between the 30th and 40th years of Qianlong. Wei Wanwan in the film and television drama "Ruyi Zhuan", Wei Yongluo in "Yanxi Raiders", and LingFei Niangniang in "Huan Zhu Gege" released in 1998 all use Lingfei as a historical prototype.
Wei Yongwan, a slave with a charming face and a fierce heart, won the grace of the Qianlong Emperor with an image of a "demon concubine" and successfully ascended to the throne; Wei Yongluo, who was just and righteous, maverick, and shook the air in the sky but could also get the holy family; the Concubine Niangniang in "Huan Zhu Gege" was the standard "virtuous concubine" image, winning the favor of the Qianlong Emperor with gentleness and gentleness.
So, which of the three TV series "Ruyi Zhuan", "Yanxi Raiders" and "Huan Zhu Gege" interprets Lingfei is closer to the real Lingfei in history?
We can compare this in three ways:
The historical Concubine Wei Jia, born in Manchuria, was dressed in the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, and her identity as a palace girl when she first entered the imperial palace. Moreover, according to the eulogy written by the Qianlong Emperor for Concubine Ling, "In the old days, Jade became a couple, still accompanied by her body", it can be seen that Wei Jiashi, who was a palace maid at the time, did serve at the side of Empress Fucha or was personally trained by Empress Fucha.
In the tenth year of Qianlong, Wei Jia was given the title of "Wei Guiren"; less than one month he was given the title of "Ling Concubine"; in May of the thirteenth year of Qianlong, less than two months after the death of Empress Fucha, Wei Jia was given the title of "Ling Concubine"; in the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong, Wei Jia was promoted to "Ling Guifei"; in the thirtieth year of Qianlong, the famous "Contradiction Between Empress dowagers" broke out, the successor empress Nala clan who "broke off his hair to Ming Zhi" was abolished without being abolished, and Wei Jia was promoted to "Imperial Noble Concubine" and actually took charge of the internal affairs of the harem, becoming the de facto lord of the harem.
Judging from the time node of the harem position, when the empress Nala clan held scissors and broke her hair in "Huan Zhu Gege", the concubine Niangniang was still a "concubine", which was obviously inconsistent with historical facts; and Wei Yongluo in "Yanxi Raiders" was still a palace girl when Empress Fucha died, which was also inconsistent with historical facts. On the contrary, "The Legend of Ruyi" has a more reasonable and large degree of restoration of Wei Wanwan's harem career.
Stills of Wei Wanwan
How kind did the historical Qianlong Emperor really have for Concubine Ling? Let's illustrate this with a few examples:
1. In the 10 years from the 21st year of Qianlong to the 31st year of Qianlong, Concubine Ling gave birth to four princes and two princesses for the Qianlong Emperor, for a total of 6 imperial heirs.
2. In the 10 years from the 30th year of Qianlong to the 40th year of Qianlong, Wei Jiashi, a Han woman from a wrapped background, actually took charge of the Qianlong harem.
3. The Qianlong Emperor, while locating yongyan, the fifteenth son of the emperor, who was born to concubine Wei Jia, also posthumously honored her as an empress, and gave the final explanation of "now Yizi Shaodeng Dabao jin is the empress of filial piety, and the mother of the Spring and Autumn period is the righteous of the son, and the name is shun yan xin".
It can be seen from this that Wei Wanwan, who was hated by the Qianlong Emperor in the later period, and even repeatedly poisoned with "lead medicine" was too far away from the real Concubine Ling; and Wei Yongluo, who was also poisoned to death, seemed to be closer to historical facts. In "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", Ling Concubine Niangniang, who was always treated tenderly and even favored by the Qianlong Emperor, is more in line with the qianlong emperor's deep affection for ling concubines in history.
In the tenth year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor, in his edict to make Wei Jiashi a concubine, had an evaluation of "etiquette is the sect, Rin is careful and strict, and respects diligence and diligence and sluggishness"; in the fourteenth year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor again evaluated it as "early service to the deep palace, Shu Cautious and careful"; in the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong, Wei Jia was awarded the title of noble concubine, and the evaluation of the edict was "early service to the court, diligent and cautious, and rou jia to the fan"; in the thirty years of Qianlong, Wei Jia's characteristics of "respecting the prudent and gentle and gentle and gentle" once again became the reason for the promotion of the harem position.
It can be seen from this that the historical concubine Wei Jia was a gentle and gentle concubine, cautious and even a little only promised, and did not dare to disobey the qianlong emperor's harem concubine in the slightest. The reason why Empress Fucha regarded Empress Fucha as the beloved Qianlong Emperor all her life was that she was able to quickly favor Concubine Wei Jia after empress Fucha's death was directly related to her meek and obedient personality. The Qianlong Emperor thirteen years after Qianlong did not need love, let alone understanding and consideration, he only needed the company of a subservient and obedient woman.
From this point of view, during the palace women's period, they dared to intimidate the prince, concubine, concubine, and even The Qianlong Emperor's Wei Yongluo, which obviously did not conform to the true image of the Concubine Ling; and although Wei Wanwan was obedient to the Qianlong Emperor and even connived at the Qianlong Emperor's likes and dislikes, and threw herself into his favor in order to win the favor, her cold and vicious temperament and calculated temperament were obviously far from those of the Concubine Ling. And the Ling Concubine Niangniang in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", meek, kind, and respectful, seems to be in line with the real image of ling concubine in history.
Due to the needs of plot development and contradictions and conflicts, film and television works more or less have artistic processing components, but if we look at it more realistically, from the three aspects of temperament, harem status and the degree of grace, the Ling Concubine Niangniang in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" seems to restore the real Ling Concubine in history to a greater extent.
As a generation of professional emperors, the Qianlong Emperor manipulated many old foxes in the official field in his hands in his 20s, and concentrated the development of imperial power to the peak state, which shows the high level of his level. An emperor of such a realm would let Wei Wanwan and Wei Yongluo arbitrarily manipulate themselves, and even mutilate their own imperial heirs? Therefore, there will be no palace fights in the Qianlong harem at all, and there will be no concubines who dare to lead the nose of the Qianlong Emperor, and Zhao Lijuan's version of Lingfei is a more real Lingfei.
References: "Qing History Manuscripts, Liechuan Yi, Hou Concubines", "Qing Shilu Gaozong Shilu", "Imperial Documents"