Since ancient times, China has always attached great importance to the record of history, especially the record of the emperor's life, almost everything is in detail, after all, he is the head of a country, in addition to the emperor, other members of the royal family are also the focus of the object, especially like harem concubines.
In the harem, the empress, as the official boss of the harem, the wife of the emperor, the mother of a country, and the object of attention of the historians of all generations, has always been very concerned about its life deeds, and the pen and ink are not stingy. But there are exceptions to everything, there was an empress during the Qing Dynasty, although her life experience is detailed, but suddenly died violently, and for this, the historian left only a record, it seems that this is very taboo.
This empress was empress Xiao Quancheng, the most favored by the emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
Empress Xiao Quancheng was a nobleman of the Qing Dynasty, a serious disciple of the Bannerman, the third empress of Empress Daoguang, and the most favored empress. As early as the Daoguang Emperor had just taken office and first began the draft, he had a crush on Niu Cobalt Lu, who had just turned fifteen years old, that is, the later Empress Xiao Quancheng.
The Daoguang Emperor's love for the Niu Cobalt Lu clan was wholehearted, and at the first glance, he directly named her the title of full concubine, and the reason why he awarded this title was because Daoguang believed that "quan" represented the whole, which was the meaning of perfection, and only the word "quan" could reflect his love for the Niu cobalt Lu clan.
The Daoguang Emperor's love for the Niu Cobalt Lu clan is absolutely very rare in history, and after seven months of the Niu Cobalt Lu clan becoming a full concubine, he was promoted again by Daoguang to become a full concubine, and in just seven months, he became a full concubine from a full concubine, which can be described as sitting on a rocket, and it is the first promotion speed in the entire history of the Qing Dynasty.
Two years later, the 17-year-old Concubine Quan had already given birth to a daughter for the Daoguang Emperor, that is, the Third Princess Duanshun Gulun Princess, just as the so-called mother relied on her son to be noble, and the young Concubine Quan suddenly became a full concubine, becoming the first imperial concubine during the Daoguang period who had a much higher status than those who were old seniors.
Quan Guifei's life seemed to be hanging, even so, her good fortune was still far from stopping, seven years later, but at the age of 24, she directly came to a wang explosion - giving birth to the crown prince Ai Xinjue Luo Yixuan. In fact, he was not daoguang's first son, but his three older brothers died tragically, and Yi Xi became the righteous crown prince, that is, the future emperor.
Quan Guifei gave birth to the future emperor, which shows that her current status is much more noble. Coupled with the fact that she was deeply loved by the Daoguang Emperor, Quan Guifei could already be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people.
Quan Guifei's good fortune was not over, and soon after, the empress at that time, Daoguang's second wife, died of illness, which directly ceded the throne to Quan Guifei. Quan Guifei also became an imperial concubine without any suspense, and officially became an empress the following year. Since then, she has become the real boss in the harem and the most exalted woman in the whole world.
However, the heavens seemed to be joking with her, and after six years of becoming empress, the Niu Cobalt Lu clan died mysteriously and violently in the palace, at the age of 33.
After the Daoguang Emperor heard the news, he rushed to the residence of the Niu Cobalt Lu clan at the first time, and the empress dowager also arrived later, and the grief-stricken Daoguang Emperor, in order to pay tribute to his lover, faded his usual clothes and wore a green robe for thirteen days. For the next thirteen days, he went to the Empress's Palace every day to mourn, which showed the Daoguang Emperor's love for him.
Not only that, the Daoguang Emperor also ordered that the deeds of the empress be recorded in great detail and praise, and ignored the custom of having her title drawn up by the chancellor, and directly posthumously named her "Empress Xiaoquan" by himself. After this, the Daoguang Emperor never made an empress again. In order to commemorate the Niu Cobalt Lu clan, he also established the child of the two as the heir to the throne.
However, even so, the cause of Empress Xiao Quancheng's death is still unknown, and even the historian has written it all over. Most people believe that they were killed by the empress dowager.
The reason why I say this is because there are many contradictions between the two of them. On the birthday of the empress dowager that year, Empress Xiao Quancheng specially gave a poem, but it was considered by the empress dowager to be a show of talent, and she also specially sued the Daoguang Emperor. Empress Xiao Quancheng's attitude towards the empress dowager also began to be bad, and it has been in a deteriorating stage since then.
Of course, this is just wild history speculation, and the real reason has long been unknown.