She was widowed at the age of 20, raised the Emperor of the Ages, and became the oldest empress dowager
The Shunzhi Emperor had two empresses in his lifetime, but he did not like these two empresses from the bottom of his heart. In fact, his favorite was Concubine Dong, but for various reasons, he did not appoint her as the queen.
His first empress was chosen by the regent Dorgon, and the Shunzhi Emperor was very dissatisfied with her. Because this empress Meng Guqing is from Horqin, Mongolia, she has been pampered since she was a child, and when she grows up, she has a great temper. Moreover, he is arrogant and arrogant, and his life is very luxurious, and he does not have the appearance of a mother in the world. She also committed one of the queen's biggest taboos—jealousy. Originally, as an empress, she was already the lord of the six palaces, so naturally she should help the Shunzhi Emperor to solve his worries and difficulties. Not only did she not do it, but she was jealous of the beautiful and intelligent women, and even wanted to harm them, making the harem chickens restless. In addition, the Shunzhi Emperor and Dorgon were at odds with each other, and Meng Guqing was recommended by Dorgon. So the Shunzhi Emperor quickly demoted her to Concubine Jing, and later simply sent her out of the palace to return to Mongolia.
The second empress was also from Horqin, Mongolia. Because the position of empress has always been lacking, she was crowned empress as soon as she entered the palace. Unlike the previous one, this empress was not only not ostentatious and jealous of her ability, but on the contrary, she was a virtuous and virtuous woman, and gentle and generous. However, the Shunzhi Emperor did not like her, thinking that she was too wooden, and it was really boring to get along with her. Shunzhi rarely interacted with her, but the Shunzhi Emperor felt that compared with the first empress, the new empress was obviously very competent. Therefore, the Shunzhi Emperor did not abolish her, but only regarded her as a decoration and never looked at her squarely.
As Concubine Dong entered the palace, the Shunzhi Emperor couldn't help but fall in love with her. And this queen is even more unpopular. The Shunzhi Emperor once wanted to depose her, and after establishing Concubine Dong as his empress, he had no choice but to oppose the courtiers, and the empress dowager's obstruction did not succeed in the end.
The Shunzhi Emperor felt that although he was the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, he could not make someone he liked empress. Depressed all day, he later contracted smallpox and died at a young age, leaving the 20-year-old empress widowed. Later, when kangxi was only 6 years old, he became emperor and honored his birth mother as the empress dowager, but because Kangxi's biological mother died prematurely, she was raised by her adoptive mother, the empress of the Shunzhi Emperor. Kangxi also honored her as empress dowager.
The empress dowager took great care of the Kangxi Emperor, and Kangxi treated her like a birth mother. The old empress survived until the fifty-sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty. For a full 57 years, it can be said that she has become the oldest empress dowager. However, although her status is noble, this woman also has an unfortunate side, because as the wife of the Shunzhi Emperor, she has never received the love of her husband in her life.