The once popular TV series "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview", about the Kangxi squad out of the palace to solve the moths among the ministers, in this squad in addition to Kangxi, the most eye-catching is Yifei, in the play she has some martial arts leaning, every time she goes out of the palace she will be there, which shows the Kangxi Emperor's love for her.
But why was it that such a favored concubine was repeatedly humiliated in public by Yongzheng, who ascended the throne after the death of Kangxi?
Princess Yi was originally the daughter of an official under the banner of Huang Huang in the Qing Dynasty, and her birth was not noble, when she was a draft girl, she entered the palace with her sister to become a concubine, and in the sixteenth year of Kangxi's ascension to the throne, she was crowned as a concubine, and there was a sentence in the priesthood that "the deepest care", which almost did not appear in the holy will of the concubines before and after, which shows that the emperor was very fond of her. When she gave birth to her fifth son for the emperor, she was made a concubine, which was the second of the four concubines, and the concubines of noble birth could occupy this position, which showed that grace was also extraordinary.
After Kangxi's death, she should also become a concubine, but she has not been promoted, and after that, every time the position of the harem princess is greatly promoted, there is no her share, and there is no title after death, which shows that Yongzheng is very displeased with her.
Not only that, Yongzheng repeatedly spoke out and humiliated her in public, the most serious of which was at the funeral of the Kangxi Emperor. During the funeral, according to the law, everyone must walk in person to show respect, but she did a scandalous thing, which can be described as self-insulting, she actually sat in the palanquin, ordered someone to carry her in the palanquin, and said that she was so ill. However, many of Kangxi's concubines at that time were sick and old, and none of them dared to do so, and her approach was undoubtedly self-inflicted. Later, when Yongzheng reprimanded her, she was even more arrogant and outspoken, which made Yongzheng, who paid great attention to the etiquette system, even more angry, and he reprimanded Concubine Yi and punished her palace people.
Yongzheng loves face very much, because at the funeral, Yifei let herself not come to the stage, so Yongzheng will not feel that there is anything wrong with doing so, but his attitude towards Yifei is not only explained for this reason. Yifei's favor is bound to make many concubines snubbed, and the history books record that every time the emperor goes out of the palace to march in person, he will send people to explain the peace to Yifei's palace, and will personally bring back local specialties, which is also uncommon in the harem.
Concubine Yi, who enjoyed this unique treatment, must have some disrespect for those who were not as favored as her, especially Yongzheng's mother's rank was lower than hers, she certainly did not pay attention to it, and after Kangxi's funeral, Yongzheng also mentioned that two of the charges were also related to her mother, one was that she sat and was carried to the empress dowager, but did not give a big gift to her mother, so he reprimanded her so much.
The third reason is that Concubine Yi's son, the ninth son of Kangxi, also plays a very important role in the drama of the ninth son's conquest. The ninth prince joined the camp of his starling brother at the beginning of the struggle for the throne, and was even more difficult for Yongzheng, who was still the crown prince at the time, and was also disrespectful everywhere after his fourth brother ascended the throne, because Concubine Yi was his biological mother, so even taking her was even more disliked by Yongzheng.
As soon as Yongzheng ascended the throne, he sent his ninth brother to the frontier land to guard the town, but he had no real power, and the army was in the hands of the emperor's own close subjects, which was actually to exile him to the remote land. And in the palace, Concubine Yi was not good, the people who served around her were replaced, her words and deeds were monitored, and every time she met the emperor on an occasion, she was ridiculed, and over time, few people in the palace respected her very much. Her second son was later erased from the royal family tree, the eldest son also fell ill and died, and she died of depression shortly after losing two sons.
She was once Kangxi's favored concubine, so she gradually became arrogant and made many enemies for herself, and his son also stood in opposition to the four princes who later became emperors at the time of the conquest. The mother and son still did not respect the new emperor after the dust had settled, which made Yongzheng of the Nine-Five Emperor tolerate it, which caused her to be humiliated in public from time to time.