Among the concubines of the Qing Dynasty, the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong are the most eye-catching, and the legendary stories are also the most, even if they are overhead novels or cross-over dramas, they also like to use them as the background of the story. In fact, there were too many concubines in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, and under that era, they all interpreted their own lives, and there were times of sorrow and joy, and there were topics that made posterity talk about, such as Guo Jiashi, the noble concubine of Daoguang, who was one of them.
Guo Jia's origins were very low, and her generations were wrapped in yellow flags, and her father, Guo Bao'er, was only a member of the internal affairs government's rearing soldiers. Such a birth, in the Qing court, which attached importance to the ascension to the throne, naturally did not receive attention. Therefore, at the beginning of Daoguang's fourteenth year of entering the palace, Guo Jiashi was only given the title of Jia Changzai. This title, which was only slightly higher than promised, was the lowest of the court concubines.
At this time, Guo Jiashi won the favor of Daoguang and was canonized one after another. In the fifteenth year of Daoguang, he was made a good nobleman, and in the sixteenth year of Daoguang, he was promoted to the title of concubine. This is also a great honor, three years to be able to cross the third level and become an intermediate concubine, Guo Jia's spring breeze is proud. She is still young and has a better future.
However, Guo Jiashi had a fatal weakness, that is, he did not give birth to an heir. According to the previous promotion speed, she should be very pampered, but she did not have children. This was a very big disadvantage for the Qing court, especially for the Daoguang Dynasty, which had thin heirs. As a result, Guo Jiashi never received the title of Daoguang again, and his interest in her was gradually weakening.
Childless and out of favor, this is the tragedy of the harem's daughter. However, Jia Concubine ushered in an even greater misfortune. It was in the twentieth year of Daoguang that she was demoted to a nobleman. The history books do not record the reason, generally speaking, if the concubines made mistakes, the court would record them in detail, indicating that the emperor's rewards and punishments were clear. Only many concubines at the time of Daoguang were demoted inexplicably, which also showed that they committed trivial matters that were insignificant and could not be put on the table.
The reason for this is that in the twenty years of Daoguang, two major events occurred that changed the emperor's temperament. One was Daoguang's favorite woman, the third empress Xiaoquan, who died, which made him grumpy and moody. Another major event was the outbreak of the Opium War, and the huge military expenditure made the national finances worse. For this reason, the Daoguang Emperor, who had always been thrifty, decided to open a knife to the harem and save a lot of silver and rewards by reducing the status of concubines.
Therefore, around the twenty years of Daoguang, there were many concubines who were demoted, and The concubine Guo Jiashi was the unfortunate one who was recruited. Moreover, his husband never promoted her again, and in the final guangchao, she was a nobleman. However, it was such an inconspicuous nobleman who relied on longevity and eventually obtained the position of noble concubine.
First of all, after the death of Daoguang, the Xianfeng Emperor succeeded to the throne. According to the rules of the Qing court, the new emperor was to honor the concubines of the old emperor and express his filial piety. Guo Jiashi caught up with this trip and became a concubine again, but the title became the imperial examination concubine.
Secondly, after the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, the Tongzhi Emperor succeeded to the throne, although the Tongzhi was very small, but the two empresses still honored the concubines of the previous dynasty according to the ancestral system. At this time, Guo Jiashi went up to another level and became the Imperial Ancestor Jia Concubine.
Finally, before the death of the Tongzhi Emperor, Cixi honored the concubines of the former dynasty in order to give joy to the terminally ill emperor ChongXi. Guo Jiashi became the Imperial Ancestor Jia Guifei at this time. Although she was the most brilliant concubine during the Daoguang period, she did not expect that because she lived for a long time, she survived and died the three emperors of Daoguang, Xianfeng, and Tongzhi, making her a big winner.
However, in the fourteenth year of Guangxu, Guo Jiashi, who was already seventy-three years old, was rumored to be a murderer. At that time, concubine Cheng Guifei, who was also a concubine of Daoguang, died at the age of seventy-six. Because in that year, the relationship between Guo Jia and the Niu Hulu clan was not harmonious, and even physical contact occurred, so many people believed that Cheng Guifei was poisoned by Jia Guifei.
In fact, nearly half a century has passed since the discord of that year. The two parties are already ancient and rare old people, is the hatred really so deep-rooted? This is because the fame of both men is not great, this history has also been ignored, and the details are unknown to anyone, which has become a mystery case for eternity. In fact, Jia Guifei also died of illness two years later, at the age of 75.