We now advocate equality between men and women, and most women now have their own jobs and earn no less than men, so women are no longer weak in modern times. However, in the more than 5,000 years of China's history, the social status of women during the feudal dynasty period was extremely low, and they were all subordinate to men throughout their lives, and girls born in poor families were almost sold to large families as slaves, and princesses born in imperial families could not escape the fate of peace, and most women could not control their own lives.
In ancient times, it was advocated that "women without talent are virtuous", they had no opportunity to read and write, unless it was a rich lady who could receive education at a young age, but most of what they learned was related to "female morality", not to mention the girls of poor families, who could only do housework. At that time, girls had no meaning to society, and their responsibility was to inherit incense for their husbands' families after marriage, so the age of marriage of ancient women was generally much earlier. Most of our teenagers are still in school, or a carefree child, but in ancient times, advocating early marriage and early childbearing, most of this age group has talked about marriage, and when the Qing Dynasty was a draft girl for the emperor, the age requirement was 13 to 17 years old, and it was really scary to see this data.
As the supreme ruler of the whole country, the emperor's status is absolutely first-class and noble, and it is naturally very important for the royal family to inherit incense, so the emperors have generally had many concubines and children. The emperor selected concubines, most of them were young and beautiful, these girls had better fertility, so did the Daoguang Emperor, and the concubines in his harem were very young, almost all of them were dozens of years younger than the Daoguang Emperor, so the Daoguang Emperor's hobbies were known at a glance.
The Daoguang Emperor once held a banquet for concubines in the palace, and once he came to see a manchurian lady with a blue flag, named Borjigit, who was selected to enter the palace at the age of 13, because of her beautiful appearance, she was favored by the 44-year-old Daoguang Emperor, and the difference between the two was exactly 31 years. What may seem ridiculous to us is perfectly normal at the time, let alone in the royal family. After entering the palace, the Borzigit clan was particularly favored, after all, there was always a sense of freshness when they first entered the palace, and they became the favorite concubine of the Daoguang Emperor for a time, and the Borzigit clan's belly was also very contentious, and the following year they gave birth to a royal heir.
After that, the Daoguang Emperor was even more favored by the Borjigit clan, as if he could no longer see other concubines in his eyes, and his eyes were full of this little wife. Later, the Borzigit clan also lived up to the grace of the emperor, and successively gave birth to heirs to the royal family, giving birth to four children, three princes and one princess in their lifetime. At that time, borzigit was a red man in front of the emperor, and even the limelight overshadowed the queen. When he entered the palace, borjigit was only a nobleman, and after being named a concubine and being given a concubine, after adding heirs to Daoguang, he was even crowned as a jinggui concubine, at this time he was already the second in command in the harem, which showed how much Daoguang was obsessed with this miaoling wife.
When Daoguang was twenty years old, the empress died, the empress has always been the master of the harem, the sudden death caused the harem to be unmanaged, there were many large and small things, so the Daoguang Emperor named the Borjigit clan as the Jing Emperor's noble concubine, said to be the imperial concubine, in fact, the power and the empress have been generally the same, becoming the most powerful woman in the harem. And borzigit also raised the child left by the empress, that is, the Xianfeng Emperor, although not his own child, the Borjigit clan still loved the Xianfeng Emperor very much and regarded it as if it were their own. After Daoguang's death, Xianfeng also regarded the Borjigit clan as his biological mother and made her empress dowager, in order to repay the kindness of her parenting.
However, within eight days of his canonization, borzigit passed away at the age of 44. I have to say that the life of the Borjigit clan was very successful, and the Daoguang Emperor was favored for many years, and the adopted son Xianfeng was also very attentive to it after he ascended the throne, becoming the most special existence at that time, the Xianfeng Emperor gave the title of Empress Xiaojingcheng after his departure, although he never became the wife of the Daoguang Emperor, but there was no less to enjoy, and he also personally cultivated an emperor, and in his later years he was also respected and honored, which can be called the biggest winner in the harem.