Mei Zhuang in the "Biography of Zhen Huan" was deceived by someone and mistakenly thought that he was pregnant, and the emperor was very happy after learning the news, and as a result, who had wanted to go through the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, everyone found out that this was an oolong. Because the imperial family attached great importance to the matter of bloodline inheritance, the emperor began to doubt Meizhuang, believing that this was a play she directed and performed herself, just to obtain a higher rank.
It can be seen that concubines deliberately fake pregnancies in the harem are very serious crimes, light is demoted, heavy is never favored, but when we go through the annals of history, we found that there was a concubine in the Qianlong harem who was also falsely pregnant, but the emperor did not dislike her, she was called Wang Shi, the concubine of the Qianlong Emperor. Today, we will talk about an interesting story of concubines in history: She directed herself to perform a fake pregnancy in order to compete for favors, but Qianlong did not pursue it after she found out.
According to the records, in April of a certain year, Wang Shi was diagnosed as pregnant by the Tai Doctor, and a month later, Wang Shi's lower body even had signs of bleeding, probably thinking that her physical fitness was not good, and the Tai Doctor began to supplement her. At this time, Wang's back pain and other symptoms were alleviated, and his appetite was very good, and he did not look like a pregnant woman at all.
Ten months passed slowly, and Wang Shi had no sign of giving birth, so the tai doctor gave her a batch of drugs that helped her to produce, such as fetal birth jindan. However, another month passed, and Wang Shi still did not give birth, so the doctor came to check her pulse again, and found that she was not pregnant.
This farce lasted for 11 months and finally ended, it is reasonable to say that such a thing happened, Wang Shi himself also has a certain fault, whether she is pregnant herself should be the most clear, but the Qianlong Emperor did not move his anger to Wang Shi because of this matter, nor did he pursue her fault, what is the reason for this? In fact, this is not how much Qianlong likes the Wang family, but it is only when he looks at the faces of Gu Lun and Princess Xiao that he turns a blind eye to the Wang family.
Gu Lun and Princess Xiao were deeply valued by Qianlong because their facial features were somewhat similar to Qianlong's, and Qianlong treated her much closer than other princes, and also said such a thing: If Gu Lun and Princess Xiao are a boy, then I will definitely give him Jiangshan in the future.
Fake pregnancy was not the only major mistake Wang had made in her life, she had also killed a palace maid, and it was also mentioned in the Qing History Manuscript: "Concubine, Wang." The concubine died and was demoted to a concubine. Not much, resealed". The gist is that because of the death of the palace maid, Qianlong demoted the position of the Wang clan in order to show that he had a clear distinction between public and private.
However, this did not affect Qianlong's favor for Princess Hexiao, and in the process of frequently visiting the princess, he inevitably had to meet with the Wang clan frequently, so it was not long before the Wang clan was restored to the concubine position, and a human life was so lightly revealed. If it weren't for the fact that there was a precious knot of Princess Hexiao, where would the Wang clan have the qualifications to be such a mighty blessing, because the daughter was repeatedly tolerated as a concubine, and there was no one in the History of the Qing Dynasty except the Wang clan.
Resources:
"Biography of concubines after the Qing History Manuscript", "Qing Shilu", "Qing History Manuscript Princess Table"