It is hard to imagine that a young lady two years older than Yongzheng would be so favored in the early days that she gave birth to four children for Yongzheng and became the side fujin of the Prince of Yong. However, what she did not expect was that because of her son's fault, throughout her life, she also obtained a concubine position, after the white-haired person sent the black-haired person, she died outside the palace in her later years, and she was the Qi concubine of the Yongzheng harem.
1. Han chinese wrapped women
Concubine Li of Qi, concubine of the Yongzheng Emperor, was born in the fifteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty and was the daughter of the prefect Li Wenbi.
Regarding the specific family lineage of Qi Fei Li, the official historical records do not record, but we can look for clues from some other relevant records, for example, in February of the first year of Yongzheng, there was a recital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs asking Qi Fei's mother's family to show the flag, according to this fold, Qi Fei's relative Lao Ge was allowed to leave the bag and become a flag person, and could be selected among the four flags of yellow, white, white and blue.
From this record, it can be seen that Concubine Li of Qi was a han woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Look at Concubine Qi's father, Li Wenbi, recorded in the jade tablets of the forty-fifth year of the Kangxi Dynasty: "Concubine Li Shi, daughter of Li Wenbi. At this time, Li Wenbi did not have any official title in front of his name, and it can be seen that the status of this Qi Concubine's mother's family can be said to be very low and very low, and the title of prefect of her father was not good enough to be obtained later by entrusting her daughter's blessing.
Around the thirtieth year of Kangxi, the fifteen-year-old Li Shi was drafted into the palace by the palace maids of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and was immediately pointed out by Kangxi to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, as a concubine. At this time, Yin Chan was still only a thirteen-year-old teenager, ignorant of some things, while Li Shi was already fifteen years old, more mature than that, and in some aspects, he could impart some experience to Yin Chan.
Li's later title was Qi Concubine, and the Manchu word "Qi" means "pretty" and "gorgeous", which shows that when she was young, Li Shi was definitely a woman with online appearance, which can be seen from Yin Chan's subsequent love for her.
2. The side Fujin who gave birth to four children
In July of the 34th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, as a concubine of the Li clan, she gave birth to Yin Chan for the first time (yin chan was only 17 years old at this time), and she gave birth to a second daughter for Yin Chan, the later Princess Heshuo Huaike, who although she did not live long, only lived for 23 years, and died in the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, but she was the only daughter of Yongzheng to live to adulthood and the only biological daughter to be crowned princess.
Since giving birth to a daughter for Yin Chan, the Li clan was even more favored, and Kangxi gave birth to the crown prince Hongxun in the thirty-sixth year, Hongchen was originally YinChen's second son, but he only lived for three years before he died, so he failed to order his teeth.
In the thirty-ninth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Li Shi gave birth to his next son, Hongyun, but the imperial grandson did not live long, and only lived for eleven years before he died.
In the forty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Li Shi gave birth to his third son, Hongshi, who was also the only son of Li shi who lived to adulthood.
Everyone can find that in the ten years from the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi to the forty-third year of Kangxi, Li gave birth to four children for Yin Chan, which can be said to be very favored, but during this period, Li's identity has not changed, according to Yumu, at least until the forty-fifth year of Kangxi, Li's identity was Yin Chan's concubine.
Perhaps because of the birth of four children in succession, Li Later became the side fujin of Yin Chan the Prince of Yong.
3. The Prince of the Qing Dynasty with a tragic ending
In February of the first year of Yongzheng, shortly after succeeding to the throne, Yongzheng crowned the wives and concubines in the original palace, and the former Fujin Li clan was given the title of Qi Concubine, ranking third in the harem after empresses and noble concubines. Although the ranking is relatively high, the Li clan was originally Yin Chan's side Fujin, and the seniority was much older than that of the Nian clan who was also the side Fujin, but the Nian clan was named a noble concubine, higher than the Li clan, which shows that at the time of Yongzheng's succession, or before Yongzheng's succession, Li's mother and son had lost their favor.
Of course, this also has a lot to do with the background of li and Nian's mother,Li is born as a slave in disguise, and Nian is a famous person, and Nian's brother Nian Qianyao is gaining the grace of the holy grace, and is about to become an agent of Yongzheng on the front line of the Western Province, succeeding him as the general of Fuyuan.
Regarding the fall of Qi Concubine Li, we have to mention her only adult son, the third son of the Emperor, Hongshi.
As we all know, Yongzheng's previous princes died prematurely, so that Hongshi became the de facto eldest son, although not born to Concubine Fujin, but his birth mother Li Shi was also a side Fujin of the Hidden Residence, according to the theory, Hongshi should have been valued by Yongzheng, but from a series of clues, Yongzheng did not seem to have much good feelings for this son.
First of all, during his lifetime, Kangxi made three sons princes, namely the third son of the emperor, Yin Zhi, the fourth son of the emperor, and Yin Qi, the fifth son of the emperor.
In the 59th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi crowned Hongsheng, the eldest son of Yin Qi, and Hongsheng, the eldest son of Yin Qi, as their sons, that is, Hongsheng and Hongsheng were the heirs to their father's title of prince. But what is puzzling is that this time, Hiroshi, who is already 17 years old, has not been crowned as a son.
Secondly, in November of the first year of Yongzheng, in the Kangxi anniversary ceremony, the worshipper was the underage fourth son of the emperor, Hongli, who was already 19 years old, and was directly skipped.
These two perverse points are intriguing. Generally speaking, the canonization of the world is a matter decided by the Zongren government, and even the emperor himself is difficult to interfere with, and will never be shelved because of The "youthful indulgence" of Hongshi. Moreover, Kangxi had always been an emperor who strictly followed the rules and regulations, so how could he be ambiguous about such a thing as the canonization of the world.
For the sacrifice of the ancestral tomb, the sacrifice of the prince on behalf of the prince has not happened, but the appointment of a minor prince sacrifice has never been done. In ancient society, the sacrifice of ancestors has always been very important, let alone the royal family, for such a strict matter, how can a minor prince be designated to handle it on his behalf, and where is the filial piety? Therefore, it is not excluded that the activity of sacrificing the Kangxi Emperor in the first year of Yongzheng was sacrificed by the Hongshi era, and of course, Hongli also participated in the sacrifice.
In the end, Hiroshi was not knighted until his death.
In November of the 61st year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Yongzheng, who had just succeeded to the throne, made Belle Yinyu and the thirteenth brother Yinxiang the prince, and deposed the son of the crown prince, Hongchen Fengjun.
Logically, At this time, Hongshi, who was already 19 years old, was also the eldest son of yongzheng's de facto emperor, and he fully met the qualifications and conditions for knighthood, and even the son of the deposed prince was made a county king, and as the eldest son of the current emperor, it was impossible not to express anything, and it was unreasonable to reason.
Then, why was Hongshi neither made the Prince of Yong by Kangxi, nor did he participate in the ceremony of the sacrifice of Kangxi in the first year of Yongzheng, nor did he have any knighthood? There is only one possibility, that is, it was deleted by someone, as for who deleted it, or Yongzheng, or Qianlong, both of them are possible.
It can be seen that from the first year of Yongzheng to the third year of Yongzheng, there are few relevant records of Hongshi, which is very unreasonable, and in February of the fourth year of Yongzheng, Hongshi was expelled from the palace by his father Yongzheng and gave it to Yin Yu as a son, in fact, the relationship between father and son has been severed.
So, what exactly did Hiroshi do wrong? Later, Yongzheng said that he was "young and indulgent, and acted imprudently", but this was by no means a legitimate reason for a prince to be stripped of his clan. If all this can be stripped of the clan, then Hongzhi's "living out of mourning" is not more indulgent.
In fact, when the time was passed, others understood very well at a glance that it had a lot to do with the Eighth Master Yin, that is, This son of Yongzheng stood on the wrong side and stood with his father's political enemy Yin Yu.
It is said that Hiroshi once interceded for Yin's party, complained about the innocent heirs of Belle Sunu, and did not like Yongzheng's behavior of "harming the innocent", and it is clear that he has sided with his father. In this case, even if he was the prince of the dynasty, he was also a dangerous element, which was absolutely intolerable to Yongzheng.
Yongzheng was expelled from the Forbidden City in the fourth year of Hongshi and given to Yin Yu as a son, and then he was stripped of the yellow belt, stripped of his clan membership, and handed over to the custody of Yin Qi, the Prince of Lu, in fact, at this time, Hongshi's relationship with his father Yongzheng still had opportunities to improve. In contrast, Yin Yu's son Hongwang, after Yin Yu was disposed of, was directly sent to Rehe to charge the army, and later it was even more imprisoned, and Hongshi's disposal measures still left a certain room for maneuver.
But somehow, this prince seems to have an iron heart, and he can't live with his father, and he has never confessed his mistake to his father from beginning to end, until August of the fifth year of Yongzheng, the eldest son of the emperor of the current dynasty, and finally died young, only 24 years old.
Regarding the death of Hongshi, many scholars hold the theory that he was killed or given death by Yongzheng, which the author does not agree with. Because by about four years after Yongzheng, Yin Yu's party had basically been eliminated, and there was no need for Yongzheng to kill his son again, it was completely possible to imprison him, and Hongshi died after a year, so It is very likely that Hongshi died of depression.
4. The Imperial Concubine of the Qing Dynasty outside the Palace of Death
Since Hongshi's death, Princess Li of Qi had completely lost hope, and there were few opportunities to show her face, let alone promote her position. In the eighth year of Yongzheng, the concubines who were originally behind him were promoted to Concubine Xi, and the concubines were also promoted to concubines, both of whom jumped over themselves and became the ultimate winners of the Yongzheng harem.
After Qianlong's death, he still gave the former emperor concubine some face and restored the clan status of Concubine Qi's son Hongshi, but at this time, Concubine Qi was already plagued by illness, and by the second year of Qianlong, it was difficult to return.
In April of the second year of Qianlong, Concubine Qi became seriously ill, and Qianlong ordered her to be moved to the Wulong Pavilion in beihai. However, Qianlong and Empress Chongqing also visited for a while, and then the concubine of the former emperor died of illness at the age of 62, and Qianlong personally went to the Wulongting funeral home to lay wine. In the end, Concubine Qi was buried in the YongzhengTai Mausoleum in the fifth year of Qianlong.
Zichen said:
Princess Qi can be said to be the most miserable of the high lords of the Yongzheng Harem, although she was once deeply favored by Yongzheng, but the children born to her died one after another, and the only surviving son, Hongshi, died in the political turmoil in the early years of Yongzheng, and she herself became a complete loser in the Yongzheng harem.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Qing Dynasty, Genealogy of Ai Xin Jue Luo