The Qing Dynasty existed in the history of our country for nearly 300 years, with a total of 12 emperors. But only 4 emperors have really held imperial weddings, they are Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi, Guangxu, these emperors were relatively young when they ascended the throne, they were not yet married, so they held an extremely grand imperial wedding. However, when the 12-year-old Kangxi got married, he lived with the empress for 3 consecutive days, and Xiaozhuang quickly reminded him that he must sleep in separate rooms on the 4th day.
During the Qing Dynasty, people were usually married very early, and Kangxi was only 12 years old when he got married (11 years old according to the age of one), which was also considered "early marriage" at that time. We all know that Kangxi was only 8 years old when he ascended the throne, his father Shunzhi was in a very hurry, he was successfully proclaimed emperor under the arrangement of his grandmother Xiaozhuang, but because he was too young, almost all the power was controlled by the auxiliary ministers, in order to get back the power, the first step Kangxi had to do was to get married.
The ancients paid attention to "starting a family and establishing a business", they believed that only after a person got married and had his own family, he could really grow up and mature, and he could start his own career. At that time, according to the regulations in the imperial palace, Kangxi could only begin to slowly pro-government after the big wedding, so his grandmother began to handle this matter very early, hoping to consolidate his identity as emperor as soon as possible.
Concubines were generally selected from the families of nobles and officials, and when they learned that the emperor was going to get married, several auxiliary ministers sent their daughters to the palace. Obviously, the emperor's marriage was not just a matter for the emperor alone, but a major event that affected the entire court. Whoever chooses his daughter to be empress will greatly increase the power of the family, and in order to balance the power of the various ministers, The Herschel clan is eventually elected empress.
Soon after, a royal wedding ceremony was held in the imperial palace, which was also a rare grand scene in the history of the Qing Dynasty. After many complicated procedures, the two empresses finally arrived at the palace. Although the marriage between them is full of political overtones, on the day of the big wedding, the two feel very compatible, and the feelings have become very deep, so that in the 3 days after marriage, the two people live together.
When Xiaozhuang learned of this, he quickly sent someone to marry him, telling the emperor that on the 4th day, the empress must live in a separate house. Kangxi had just been newly married, naturally he was reluctant to separate from his wife, but there were other concubines who married into the palace at that time, and in order to ensure that the rain and dew were evenly stained, there was such an unwritten rule in the palace - when the big wedding, the empress lived for at most 3 consecutive days. Although the emperor's heart was very reluctant, he could only do so.
However, this did not affect the feelings between the empresses, who held a heavy weight in the emperor's heart, and the two had always been very affectionate. Unfortunately, 9 years later, the empress died tragically during childbirth, and the emperor was very sad about it. Later, he also ordered the son of the two to be made crown prince, but this son was really angry and was eventually deposed and died.