A red dust concubine laughed, and no one knew that it was a lychee coming. ——Du Mu,"The Absolute Sentence of The Huaqing Palace"
Zhenfei, the most beloved concubine of the Guangxu Emperor in history, once smiled for Bomei and spent a lot of money to create a "pearl shirt", but unfortunately, her face was red and short-lived, and she only lived for 25 years. It is reasonable to say that Princess Zhen is beautiful and intelligent, and she is deeply trusted by Cixi, how could such a concubine end up with such a fate?
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After watching so many palace fight dramas, no matter how big the brain hole of the screenwriter is, he can't think of such a palace fight scene. Such a concubine of extraordinary origin was finally brutally killed in a well by her mother-in-law! Such a tragic character, what is the unknown story, including the details of her execution, even historians have doubted...
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > harem beauty three thousand Why is she the only favorite? </h1>
Princess Zhen, from a good family since childhood, a person with a yellow flag, is also the daughter of the family, her father is the right attendant of the original household department, and her uncle is a general in Guangzhou, who holds an important position, and also makes friends and is open-minded. Zhenfei and her sister Jinfei grew up in Guangzhou as their uncles and parents, and under the influence of the family atmosphere, Zhenfei developed a character of being unrestrained and pursuing new things.
The uncle also specially hired a teacher for them, which was a generation of famous people at that time and highly learned. Zhenfei studied with famous teachers, naturally intelligent and clever, and had hills and ravines in her chest, which was also the reason why Zhenfei entered the palace later and won the favor of Guangxu.
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At the age of 13, he and his fourth sister were selected to enter the palace and were named Zhen Concubine and Jin Concubine, zhen concubines with beautiful facial features, full of poetry and books, and clever and clever. Influenced by his family, he lived in the coastal area of Guangzhou, and was exposed to more new things and new ideas, so he had a good chat with the Guangxu Emperor who wanted to change at that time.
At that time, the Guangxu Emperor was in a difficult situation, holding an important position as an emperor but had no real power, and he wanted to do something practical for the Qing Dynasty and block the pace of decay, but he was restrained by Empress Dowager Cixi and had no way to do anything. It was naturally much easier to meet Zhenfei, a confidante and beauty, than to face Cixi's informant, "Empress Longyu".
How much did the Guangxu Emperor spoil Zhenfei, Zhenfei liked luxury, Guangxu smiled at the concubine, and ordered people to string pearls and jade from the Ministry of Internal Affairs into a pearl cheongsam. One day, when Guangxu and Zhenfei were walking, cixi found out that they were suddenly furious, and they were reluctant to make pearl shirts, but they were actually worn by a small concubine, didn't they want to be empresses?
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Subsequently, Cixi completely disregarded Guangxu's face, ordered people to take off Zhenfei's "Chinese clothes" and beat Zhenfei 30 plates to show punishment. If the concubine made a mistake, Cixi would certainly not blame Guangxu, but would only feel that this concubine was unreasonable and ambitious. Natural Concubine Zhen's move, no matter what the purpose, was a big mistake here in Cixi.
At that time, Zhenfei and Guangxu were so good, Zhenfei could calligraphy, read a lot of books, and Guangxu ate together, worked together, played chess together, and often accompanied Guangxu. Harem beauty three thousand, the only pet is to kill, of course, Guangxu does not understand this truth, just want to live casually, but Zhenfei was hated by the unfavored empress.
Subsequently, Zhenfei did not relent in this matter, but became more and more fluttering because of her favor. It is said that at that time, Zhenfei's rewards for the palace eunuchs who served were very generous. The eunuchs flattered the favored "little lord" even more, and at this time, Zhenfei was a little overwhelmed!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" Why did she be executed when the > disaster came? </h1>
At that time, the Qing Dynasty was not as good as before, but the expenses of the imperial palace were still guaranteed, and the empress's annual routine silver was 300 taels, which decreased in descending order, to the level of Zhenfei, there were only 200 taels of regular silver per year. But this bit of silver is not enough for the concubines, and it is necessary to use silver to beat up and down, and to eat and drink to make silver.
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In short, from frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality, Zhenfei is accustomed to luxury, and there are many daily deficits. So he moved the crooked mind of the official Lord.
This Zhenfei was very clever, but this move violated Cixi's bottom line. At that time, there was an illiterate local tycoon named Lu Boyang, who had money and wanted to become an official, so he found Zhenfei's cousin, and after giving away 40,000 taels of gold, he successfully became an official of the "Shanghai Daotai".
This Shanghai Daotai does not seem to be a big official at first, but it is in charge of trade and customs, and it is now the number one of the customs offices, which in addition to being able to say that the Tao is high in emotional intelligence, but also needs to read through literature and history, and has strong diplomatic ability. A person who can't do anything is definitely not doing well.
Soon, the purchased Shanghai Daotai was impeached and deposed by Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, but these were not zhenfei's considerations. Princess Jane, who tasted the sweetness, made another big deal.
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The position of Sichuan Yanfa Dao was sold to Yu Ming, and this position was important just by listening to the name, fortunately it was an interview with the Guangxu Emperor, and as soon as he spoke, he missed the clue. Although Guangxu was very disgusted with this behavior, and even felt that it was inappropriate, he still did not punish Zhenfei, but instead quietly dealt with it himself and concealed it from Cixi.
If none of this was enough to make Cixi move the killing machine, then the famous restoration method in history, Zhenfei's move, completely annoyed Empress Dowager Cixi. Princess Zhen not only agreed with Guangxu, but also introduced him to her teacher Wentingshi and her cousin Zhirui, who supported the restoration. This completely annoyed Cixi, who advocated the peacekeepers, and Cixi, who was looking for nowhere to find fault, dismissed The Wenting style and never hired him on the grounds that "the harem must not interfere in politics"; he devalued Zhirui and expelled him to Mongolia.
Zhenfei and her sister Concubine Jin were beaten up severely, demoted to nobles together, and beat Zhenfei to the Cold Palace. Of course, no matter how Much Guangxu interceded this time, it would not help.
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In 1900, the Eight-Power Alliance captured Beijing, and Cixi and Guangxu decided to go to Xi'an to escape the fighting. Before leaving, Cixi was still worried about Zhenfei in the Cold Palace, and on the pretext that "Zhenfei is young and beautiful, staying alone in the palace, she will be insulted by foreigners and ashamed of the ancestors", ordering her eunuch Cui Yugui and the palace lady Wang Dehuan to execute Zhenfei.
It is also said that Zhenfei was martyred and jumped into the well, not killed by Cixi, based on the fact that eunuchs were not allowed to touch the jade body of the harem concubines. Of course, these absurd claims have no basis.
epilogue:
In fact, in the literature currently circulating, including the cause of Zhenfei's death, most of the records about Zhenfei are the result of historians' deliberation. Until historical evidence is found, there is no conclusive conclusion. In that turbulent era, no matter what happened, it reflected the sadness of that era.
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At the Zhenshun Gate of the Palace Museum, there is a dry well, and tourists come to take pictures of it a lot, and it is rumored that this is the well where Zhenfei was killed. Next to the well is a sign that records the life of Princess Jane.
However, over time, what is left behind may not be true, and the cause of death cannot be verified. Most of the literature and history books adopt the theory that Zhenfei was pushed into a well and drowned. As for the other causes of death, it remains to be determined.
There is no doubt that in turbulent times, even the emperor's favorite concubines will fall victim to it.