In the history of China's more than 2,000-year feudal dynasties, there are more than 400 emperors, of which the qianlong emperor's popularity among ordinary people is certainly very high, but the public's focus on Qianlong is somewhat different. When Qin Shi Huang is mentioned, he will say that he unified the six kingdoms and replaced feudalism with counties and counties; when he talks about Emperor Wu of Han, he will say that he expelled the Xiongnu and sent envoys to the Western Regions; when he talks about Tang Taizong, he will say that he swept away the separatist forces in the country, conquered Goguryeo, and so on.
However, when mentioning the Qianlong Emperor, basically the first thing that comes to mind is "Huan Zhu Gege, Ziwei Gege, Xia Yuhe, Ruyi, Empress Fucha, Concubine Ling" and so on. In fact, although the Qianlong Emperor has always prided himself on "Ten Complete Martial Arts" and believed that his Wenzhi martial arts can be compared with outstanding emperors such as The Qin Emperor Han Wu, or even surpassed some, when later generations mention him, they often cannot remember his poetry works, nor can they remember his outstanding martial arts, only some people and things in his harem.
Of course, this is due to the stereotype caused by the Qing Palace drama, but also a very important reason, that is, the harem of the Qianlong Emperor does have many stories, not only a large number of people but also unique features. When Qiong Yao first wrote "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", it was precisely because she read a poem written by Qianlong to his concubines that she had a feeling and wrote "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", and later many of the concubines of the Qianlong Emperor were written as protagonists into literary works and filmed into film and television works, but as the last big winner of the harem, the concubine Chen Shi was rarely mentioned.
Chen's life is actually very dramatic, but the literary works and film and television works of her protagonist have not yet appeared, mainly because there are not many historical materials related to her. Chen was already married to Qianlong when he was 13 years old, when Qianlong was not yet an emperor but a prince, and her title was "Gege", that is, the prince's low-ranking concubine.
Chen was named "Chang Zai" at the age of 19 and "NobleMan" at the age of 21, a stage of promotion that was not remarkable, but there were not too many problems, but after the age of 11, she was not named "Concubine" until she was 32 years old, and the canonization ceremony was completed the following year, that is, when she was 33 years old. The imperial concubine rank of the Qing Dynasty was divided into seven levels from the empress below, namely "imperial concubine, noble concubine, concubine, concubine, nobleman, always present, promise".
Only after the "concubine" level can it be counted as a concubine, and nobles who are lower than "concubines", who are always present and promised, are not counted as concubines, and can only be counted as concubines, that is, personal maids. Chen Shi worked for 19 years before she became Qianlong's concubine, which shows that she is a spoilless existence in Qianlong's harem, and in fact, it is true that she never gave birth to an heir.
Especially after becoming a "concubine", she stayed in the position of "concubine" for 46 years, especially although she had become a "concubine", her monthly feng lu was still distributed according to the level of a nobleman, which was equivalent to having been a manager but still leading the work of an ordinary small clerk, and only in the year of fifty years old did she receive the "concubine" level of feng lu, followed by the noble level of feng lu, until the age of seventy, she began to receive feng lu according to normal standards, which can be said to be a lifetime without favor.
But Chen shi eventually became the last big winner in the Qianlong harem, she lived to the age of 92 in her lifetime, the qianlong emperor's longest-lived concubine, but also the second longest-lived concubine of the entire Qing Dynasty, her life has been very peaceful and peaceful, did not stage all kinds of "palace tricks", and even after Qianlong's death, she also lived for eight years, which is very rare in the imperial harem.