Introduction: People who have watched Qing Palace dramas should have some understanding of the Yongzheng period, and today's article is to introduce the origin of Yongzheng. "Palace" starring Yang Mi is a Qing Palace drama that mainly takes the Yongzheng period as the social background to unfold the story. In this drama, Yongzheng grew up with the empress from a young age.
However, Yongzheng's birth mother was not an empress. Yongzheng's biological mother was Princess De. Princess De was born into a family of military retainers, and her father's official position was not very high. Princess De's family is the Uya clan. Wu Yashi only followed the rules of the Qing Dynasty and entered the palace for the draft. Princess De's luck was also relatively good, and she went through layers of strict screening, and finally became a member of Kangxi's harem.
Due to the inconspicuous status of the mother's family, the Uya clan did not receive too much favor from the emperor after entering the palace. Uya entered the palace at about thirteen or fourteen years old, and at a young age, he had no power in the palace, and there was no way to compare with those important ministers in the court. Princess De was also not a lively person, and could only be regarded as a decent among all harem concubines.
It was because of this modesty that Uya stayed in the position of a low-grade queen concubine for five years. Five years later, Wu Ya was made a concubine by the Kangxi Emperor. Five years is not long, not short. However, in a place like the harem, five years is enough for a woman to survive from a wonderful age to an old age.
The reason why Wu Yashi was able to ascend the throne was because she gave birth to the emperor's fourth prince, that is, the fourth brother Yinchen. The so-called mother is based on the son, the Wuya clan is indeed nothing special about the Kangxi Emperor, the most special place is that he bore a son. Before giving birth to the fourth brother, Wu Yashi was just an ordinary concubine, and her rank was very low.
In the harem, concubines of low rank could not raise the crown prince, and the prince could only let the concubines of high rank raise them. Even though the Uya clan was promoted to the throne after giving birth to Yin Chan, it was still not qualified to raise the crown prince. In this way, the fourth brother Yinchen left his biological mother from an early age and went to the side of his adoptive mother, Empress Tong Jia.
This was the case in feudal society. Even in ordinary families, it is natural for a wife to want to raise the children of the concubines, not to mention that some concubines frantically put their children in the name of their mothers in order to make their children's status even higher. Because of this, the child will not be a concubine, but a concubine.
In ancient times, they didn't care so much about bloodlines, they valued fame more. Even if the birth mother is a humble concubine, after having the identity of a concubine, she is not afraid of not being able to marry a good daughter-in-law in the future. Feudal society is so cruel, many children are taken away from birth, and it is a long time to see the side of their biological mothers.
The most terrible thing is that their own children cannot call themselves mothers, and the word "mother" can only be called mother-in-law. The ancient custom of three wives and four concubines was indeed unsatisfactory, and in any case, monogamy was something that Jean longed for. Fortunately, in modern times, the bad habits of feudal society have been abandoned. In short, for the Uya clan, there was no harm in the four brothers being raised by the queen's side.
In the Qing Dynasty, children born to low-grade concubines could not only be raised by the empress, but also by the four concubines. Of course, if the grade is lower, it can be done, as long as the emperor agrees. The palace full of rules, in the final analysis, the emperor has the final say. The fact that the fourth brother could raise the empress also showed the emperor's importance to Yin Chan.
Because of the birth of the fourth brother, there was a huge turning point in the fate of the Uya clan. After giving birth to the fourth brother, it was not long before Uyashi became pregnant with the dragon fetus again. Uya was pregnant in October and gave birth to another prince. This prince is the sixth brother. In many Qing Palace dramas, there is no such person as the Sixth Brother.
Yes, brother six died prematurely when he was very young. However, the birth of the sixth brother led to the promotion of the Uya clan from a concubine to a concubine. At this time, the Uya clan was already qualified to raise a prince. Later, Princess De gave birth to fourteen more brothers. This son is the child raised by Princess De herself.
The reason why Princess De was able to give birth to a prince many times was because of the fourth brother. Kangxi attached great importance to the fourth brother, and naturally valued his biological mother. Under the deliberate favor of Kangxi, Princess De even gave birth to several children. Those who successfully grew up were two sons and a daughter. This situation is also very rare in the harem.
summary:
To sum up Princess De's life, she did not get too much wealth during her lifetime, but enjoyed a lifetime of wealth after death. The luck of the Wuya clan was very good, and the fourth brother Yinchen finally ascended to the throne and became the later Yongzheng Emperor. The Yongzheng Emperor naturally made his own mother empress. The empress dowager, who had not enjoyed happiness for a few days, died of illness. After her death, her son gave her everything he could give her.