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Only the empress was eligible to be buried with the emperor, so why did Kangxi bury with dozens of women?

In addition to the Kangxi Emperor himself, there were also the buried Empress Xiaochengren, the buried Empress Xiaozhaoren, Empress Xiaoyiren, Empress Xiaogongren, the concubines of Emperor Jingmin and more than 40 other concubines.

In the Jingling Longen Hall, the Kangxi Emperor god is in the center, the god Ofehito Empress Xiaochengren is on the left, the god Empress Xiaozhaoren is on the right, the god Empress Xiaoyiren is on the left, the god of Empress Xiaogongren is on the right, the god of The Noble Concubine of the Jingmin Emperor is on the right, and the other concubine gods are arranged in turn. An imperial tomb buried so many people, the burial specifications are unique in Chinese history.

Only the empress was eligible to be buried with the emperor, so why did Kangxi bury with dozens of women?

The emperor's feelings were rarely shared by one person. Among Kangxi's concubines, the youngest was only eleven or twelve years old, and some died in their twenties.

Among Kangxi's concubines, there were four pairs of sisters. Among them, Empress Xiaoyiren and her sister Tong Guifei were also cousins of the Kangxi Emperor. From the earliest deceased concubine Borjigit to the last deceased Concubine Of the Emperor, The Kangxi concubines went through the three dynasties of Kang Yongqian, which lasted for 99 years. This was rare among ancient Chinese emperors.

Kangxi was an abusive man, with more than 40 nobles and more than 40 people in his harem, more than 60 registered concubines, and more than 200 people who promised and often waited in his low status. But the Kangxi Emperor still had feelings for these women.

Only the empress was eligible to be buried with the emperor, so why did Kangxi bury with dozens of women?

Whether Kangxi was out on inspection or hunting in autumn, he often wrote letters to inquire about these women, and would also send local specialties from various places to the palace for these women who could hardly get out of the palace to taste. Every time they came back, they had to gather these women together, tell them the interesting stories they had seen, and give them cosmetics and ornaments from Gangnam.

In February of the 20th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Jingling Tomb was completed, and Kangxi pioneered the precedent of burying the empress first, and the gate of the underground palace was not closed to the emperor. On the eighth day of the first month of March, Empress Renxiao and Empress Xiaozhao entered the Jingling Underground Palace together, and on October 20, 2018, Empress Xiaoyi of Kangxi entered the Jingling Underground Palace, and the gates of the underground palace were not closed, waiting for Kangxi to be buried together after the trip.

Kangxi buried all his concubines with himself, indicating that he was serious about righteousness. There are exceptions. Two concubines were not buried with Kangxi, but built a double concubine mausoleum next to the Jingling Tomb.

Only the empress was eligible to be buried with the emperor, so why did Kangxi bury with dozens of women?

This was because Kangxi liked Hongli, the grandson, and took Hongli to the palace to raise him, and these two concubines took care of Hongli.

And these two concubines lived a long life, until Hongli succeeded to the throne as the Qianlong Emperor was still alive, and later after their death, Qianlong remembered their kindness of care, and honored the Tong Jia clan as "Huang Gui Princess of the Imperial Ancestor Shouqi" and the other Guar Jia clan as "Emperor Wen Huigui Princess", and after a hundred years of these two concubines, the scenery was buried, and a mausoleum was built for the two of them alone next to the Jingling Tomb.

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