In 1888, the rebbe attendants of his daughters, Miss Four and Miss Five, were deprived of their freedom by a holy decree in the imperial palace and became the concubines of the Guangxu Emperor. Later, when Empress Dowager Cixi celebrated her sixtieth birthday, she was given the title of concubine, that is, Concubine Jin and Concubine Zhen.
Princess Zhen entered the palace for more than ten years, and she died tragically in the deep well, but her sister Concubine Jin was able to die well, and died at the end of her life, and after her death, she was buried as an imperial concubine. Born of the same mother, why is the fate so different? In the final analysis, it should be character that determines destiny!
Endure the humiliation of the heavy concubine
Princess Jin, the fourth daughter of Changshu of the Tara clan, grew up with her sister Zhenfei in Guangzhou, who was an open-minded and open-minded uncle, although he was a warrior, but he was very respectful of cultural people, and specially invited teachers for the two sisters to teach at home.
And because they grew up in Guangzhou, because they were one of the treaty ports at that time, Western ideas were the first to prevail, and their birth mother, the Zhao woman, was also a person who was not afraid of the powerful and open-minded. Under the influence of this environment and family style, Princess Jin and Sister Zhenfei are naturally informal in thought and personality, advocating a free personality.
However, because Princess Jin is a sister and the eldest daughter in the boudoir, compared to her sister Zhenfei, Princess Jin's appearance is average, and she also knows better how to be complete in everything, and everything is not publicized, and she is a woman with a very city government.
After entering the palace, Princess Jin's depth was not liked by the Guangxu Emperor, but she did not care about these things, and she still ended up clean. She loves good food, loves Danqing calligraphy, and often uses these to pass the time.
It was precisely because of the emperor's lack of favor and Concubine Jin's lack of attention that her mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Cixi, would not take the initiative to find trouble for her, and even Empress Longyu, the lord of the Middle Palace, would not notice her. Her life was lonely, but safe!
If it were not for the involvement of her sister Zhenfei, Princess Jin might have lived a more comfortable life. Princess Jin never provokes others, for dissatisfaction and grievances, what she is best at is forbearance, although she is open-minded and advocates freedom, but she can see the situation clearly, know how to endure humiliation and burden, never open her mouth without saying, never speak, never speak, although there is no favor from the emperor's husband, nor is there a Cixi-like patron, but she has survived from a concubine to an imperial concubine after her death, from a powerless position in her hands to the most respected position in the harem, and Princess Jin's city government and scheming cannot be underestimated! Therefore, compared with her younger sister Zhenfei, Princess Jin lived very clearly, of course, she was never free, but she could survive well in the harem!
A free concubine
Princess Zhen, the fifth daughter of the patriarch of his Tala clan, grew up with her sister Concubine Jin from childhood with her uncle Changshan in Guangzhou, where the trend of Western thought prevailed, with a cheerful personality, lively and active, liked new things, hated a dull lifestyle, and loved unrestrained freedom the most.
After entering the palace with her sister Concubine Jin, because of her beautiful appearance, cleverness, no scheming, and open-mindedness, she was very loved by the Guangxu Emperor, and it can be said that she was the favorite of the special room. The favor of the emperor's husband was sure to bring some misfortune.
Jealousy comes first. Whose jealousy is it? Empress Longyu, a cousin of the Guangxu Emperor and a niece of Empress Dowager Cixi. A woman who enters the palace and becomes the main lord of the middle palace, but is robbed of the limelight by a concubine, and competes for favor, how can she not be jealous and hateful? Although Longyu did not have the favor of her husband, her aunt Cixi's patron was still very solid, so she had nothing to blow a little wind in front of her aunt, say bad things, spread rumors and slander, and presumably Empress Dowager Cixi would not like this very talented concubine.
The husband's exclusive favor is the source of the disaster, and the publicity of Zhenfei is the fuse.
Princess Zhen loved new things since childhood, and soon after entering the palace, she fell in love with photography, and also purchased a complete set of photo guy styles outside the palace, often pulling the Guangxu Emperor to pose, show affection, and take photos.
Not only that, Princess Zhen also especially liked men to dress as women, even ordinary clothes, even the emperor's dragon robe dared to add to the body, in the strict palace, such an act, rebellious, no respect, no monarch, how could Empress Dowager Cixi bypass her?
However, Zhenfei had unique ideas and opinions, and supported the Guangxu Emperor's change of law, which seriously violated the interests of the imperial power led by Empress Dowager Cixi, and Cixi regarded her as a thorn in her eye.
Of course, there is also her luxury, the monthly salary is not enough, in order to increase her pocket money, she secretly sold the official, which made Cixi intolerable.
Cixi repeatedly punished Zhenfei, and finally imprisoned her in the Cold Palace and sent someone to take care of her, which made Zhenfei, who was originally a concubine, live worse than a palace girl.
In the final analysis, the Guangxu Emperor was a doll in Cixi's hands, Zhenfei wanted to help her husband get rid of the puppet life, the Guangxu Emperor did not act according to the regulations, Cixi first took his beloved person to open the knife, not to mention that Zhenfei was really disobedient in Cixi's eyes!
In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and in an emergency, Cixi fled with a large group of people such as the Guangxu Emperor, but Zhenfei, who was only 24 years old, was not in this rank, because Cixi was about to strike, and after several considerations, she still could not solve the hatred in her heart.
So the day before the escape, he ordered his eunuchs to bring Zhenfei in the Cold Palace, and Zhenfei still did not bow her head and confronted Cixi in the face, so she went up this step, and Cixi ordered people to sink Zhenfei into the well, and the incense disappeared, and from then on, the Guangxu Emperor did not have glory in his eyes. More than a year later, Cixi Banshi returned to the dynasty and ordered Zhenfei's family to salvage the bones, and finally was hastily buried in the palace cemetery. After the deaths of Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor, Concubine Jin became more and more honorable in the harem, and she posthumously honored Princess Zhen as an imperial concubine and was buried in the concubine tomb.
The same concubine little lord, born in the same door, but also a sister of a mother and sibling, but the fate is so different, Zhenfei got the favor of her husband, but could not die well, tragic death in the deep well, Concubine Jin silently endured, never loved, never attracted attention, but in this deep palace can survive to the supreme position of the harem, the scenery is decently buried in the imperial tomb. The reason is that it can only be personality that determines destiny!