It is hard to imagine that a young girl from Xinzhiku would be so favored by Xianfeng, but after being pampered, she was soon left aside and became a poor person who guarded the empty house alone. However, she has a heart that exceeds ordinary people, and under the open-mindedness, she eventually became a noble concubine who has gone through four dynasties, let us walk into the life world of The Xianfeng Harem.
Speaking of Xin Zhiku, some readers may immediately think of those inferior palace women who wash and cook in the Qing Palace drama and are bullied by the palace people, in fact, this view is wrong. Xinzhiku refers to a group of people, also known as the people under the collar of the clothing, who are slaves who serve the royal family, most of these people are native flag wrappers, and only a small number of them are punished for crimes.
Moreover, even the Xinzhiku people also had a distinction between high and low, and many of the women from these Xinzhiku were included in the harem by the emperor, such as the good concubines of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Yu concubines of the Yongzheng Dynasty, the Ling concubines of the Qianlong Dynasty, and so on. In addition, the Xinzhiku people can also participate in the imperial examination, and if they have the ability, they can also be crowned as princes and worships, and it is obvious that Princess Wan Guifei is from such a family.
Princess Dowager Suo Qiluoshi (陳陳羅氏), a member of the Inner Ministry's Zhengbai Banner Packing Pipe, was born in the fifteenth year of Daoguang, the same age as Empress Dowager Cixi, 4 years younger than Xianfeng, and his father was Zuo Du Yushi Kuizhao.
Princess Wan's maternal grandfather was named Bushuku, and because she was as strong as a stone, she was given the Han surname "Shi" by Kangxi, and Princess Wan's grandfather Dutu served as a minister of internal affairs and was deeply trusted by Kangxi. However, Dutu's sons and grandsons did not come out, so the Wan Guifei family did not produce any major figures in the middle and late Kangxi Dynasty.
However, it is gold that always shines.
From the generation of Princess Wan's grandfather Ming Wei, Suo Qiluoshi continued to be unstoppable on the road of the imperial examination, and in the next five generations, there were seven jinshi and six juju people, which can be called a family of scholars. For example, Princess Wangui's great-grandfather Debao was a jinshi in the second year of Qianlong, and later became a Rebbe Shangshu, and Debao's second son was Princess Wangui's grandfather Yinghe.
To say that this Yinghe is also a big person, the life experience is also very legendary, it can be said that it is ups and downs.
For example, Yinghe was very famous when he was a child, and it may be that his academic performance was good, so that Qianlong's favorite minister and Yan both wanted to marry their daughter to this future star, but they did not expect that Yinghe's father Debao did not look up to the Hezhen family at all, and even refused. After Jiaqing took over the government, he suddenly remembered that Yinghe, who had rejected Hezhen, specially praised him, promoted him to cabinet bachelor, and then awarded him the position of rebbe attendant.
After that, Yinghe successively served as minister of internal affairs, the head of the Hanlin Academy, the commander of the infantry, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, and the Shangshu of the Bureaucracy, and after Daoguang succeeded to the throne, he was awarded the title of Minister of Military Aircraft and Hubu Shangshu, and later served as a co-founder of the university, becoming a member of the Imperial Court, which made Yinghe a famous minister of the Two Dynasties of Jiadao.
Logically, at this time, Yinghe's life was already very complete, but what he did not expect was that in his later years, he was late and almost lost his life.
From the first year of Daoguang, Yinghe was ordered by the emperor to supervise the construction of the Baohuayu Mausoleum in Tanglin, which was the imperial tomb prepared by Daoguang for himself in Tanglin, and the seven-year project of Daoguang was completed, and then Empress Xiaomucheng was buried in the underground palace. However, what people did not expect was that only a year later, the Baohuayu Underground Palace sawped water, which made the Daoguang Emperor Long Yan furious and scolded the minister of work for losing his conscience, especially Yinghe, who was in charge of supervision.
Therefore, Daoguang ordered the yinghe family to be copied, and Yinghe's son Bingbu Shilang Kuizhao and the envoy Kui Yao were dismissed, and the punishment department suggested that Yinghe beheaded, but then found out that Yinghe was not enriched, and the Daoguang Emperor ordered that the three yinghe father and son be sent to Heilongjiang, until the eleventh year of Daoguang, Yinghe was pardoned and returned home, and his descendants were also reinstated, which is a disaster suffered by The Wan Guifei family.
By the way, Yinghe's dismissed son Kuizhao is Wan Guifei's father.
This Kuizhao is not simple, he is a jinshi of Jiaqing in the nineteenth year, an official to the ceremonial attendant, and also gave birth to five sons and six daughters, and Wan Guifei is Kuizhao's young daughter.
From the above, it can be seen that although Wan Guifei is from Xinzhiku, but the Soqi Luo clan where she is located is a famous wrapping family, and even some people think that it is the leader of the wrapping family of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is not exaggerated, born in such a scholarly door, I believe that Wan Guifei herself also has a good cultural attainment.
On the fourth day of the first month of February in the first year of Xianfeng, in the annual internal affairs draft, Kuizhao's daughter Suo Qiluoshi was selected to become a palace maid. However, it is obvious that Suo Qiluoshi has no palace history, and half a month after the end of the draft, he was given the title of Wan Chang by Xian Feng: "Wan Chang will listen to the rumors next year and then march into the palace."
That is to say, although Suo Qiluo was selected in the first year of Xianfeng, he did not enter the palace, because it was the period of Daoguang's mourning, and Xianfeng could not accept concubines to enter the palace, until May 12, 2017, When Xianfeng was summoned to the palace, Xianfeng equipped her with four palace women to serve.
Four months after Suo Qiluoshi entered the palace, XianFeng ordered him to be promoted to the rank of Wan Guiren, the same rank as the Eight Banners Showgirl Lan Guiren and Li Guiren who entered the palace in the same year. It can be seen that Suo Qiluoshi, who has just entered the court, is still relatively favored.
The fourth year of Xianfeng was a very happy year for the Xianfeng Emperor, because at the end of this year, Li Guiren was diagnosed with a dragon species, and while he was happy, Xianfeng was promoted to the throne. This time, a total of three concubines were promoted, namely Li Guiren, Wan Guiren and Mei Changzai, who were promoted to Li Concubine, Wan Concubine and Mei Guiren respectively.
"The six houses are divided. Order ceremony Zanfu Kunyuan. Nine Imperial View Type. Shu Fan Yu Zhao's Sundanese shun. Broadcast fang sound in the history of the picture. Politically. Jin Mao ranked as a concubine. En Xuan Feng Ling. The Noble Man of the Sorcerer Clan. Jade contains seals. Kim Joo-jong-d. Peggy Juan and the co-ordination. Trimming the group and being diligent. Bong Nei ruled in the Middle Dynasty. Be cautious. He is in the same column. Common table Zoga. He is made a concubine. Erqi Gong Lan Ye. Yiyang Zhai Zhihua. Xiangzan Pepper Garden. Use the transformation of Sasuke Lin. Thanks. ”
The noble people were promoted to concubines because they were pregnant, and Mei Chang was also in the list of favors, and the noble people were promoted together with the two of them, indicating that at this time, the noble people were still favored by Xianfeng, and the degree of favor was not low, and even competed with the pregnant nobles.
Since XianFeng had been five years old, because Wanfeng had not been able to give birth to children for Xianfeng, and Xianfeng's freshness to her had long since disappeared, she shifted her attention to other newly selected newcomers, and Wanfeng gradually fell out of favor, until the Xianfeng Emperor collapsed, and she could no longer be promoted.
However, it was rare to be able to enjoy a concubine position in the harem of the Xianfeng Dynasty, and if you want to be a concubine, it is estimated that you must give birth to children for the emperor, and it is obvious that the concubine did not meet this condition.
In July of the eleventh year of Xianfeng, Xianfeng, who went to Rehe in the name of Beifeng, died in the summer resort, and the young concubines who accompanied them suddenly became widows, most of them were only in their twenties, and some were even only in their teens, for example, Concubine Qi was only 18 years old, and Concubine Wan was slightly older, but only 27 years old.
Subsequently, these concubines returned to Jingshi with the empress dowager of the two palaces and the young Tongzhi Emperor, and on the second day of the Tongzhi Emperor's succession, they issued an edict to honor the concubines of the former emperor:
"Imperial Concubine of the Emperor." Serve the palace. Respectfully and prudently. It is advisable to add a lofty name. Honorable. Concubine Li served the Imperial Examination for many years. Birth of the Grand Princess. He is honored as a noble concubine of the Emperor Li. Concubine Wan was promoted to concubine. Concubine Qi was promoted to concubine Qi. Concubine Mei was promoted to concubine. The nobles were promoted to concubines. Rong Guiren was promoted to rong concubine. Xuan Guiren was promoted to concubine. The jade nobles were promoted to the title of jade concubines. Ji Guiren was promoted to the title of Ji Concubine. The Xi nobles were promoted to the title of Xi Concubine. Qing Gui was promoted to concubine. All things that should be done. The yamen is played. ”
It can be seen that the rank of the honored concubines at that time was very high, second only to the Princess Li of the Birth Ofe (Princess Rong'an Gulun), ranking before Concubine Qi and Concubine Mei, so the status of Concubine Wan in the Xianfeng Harem was still relatively high.
On November 16, the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, in order to give Chong Xi to the Tongzhi Emperor, the harem concubines were once again honored:
"Emperor Ci'an Duan Yu Kangqing Emperor Cixi Duanyou Kangyi Emperor Yi Yi Yi. Emperor Li's concubines were equal to the throne. Served Emperor Wenzongxian. Both are called Shushen. Emperor Li's noble concubine was given the title of Emperor Li's noble concubine. Concubine Wan was given the title of Concubine Wan. Concubine Qi was given the title of Concubine Qi. Princess Rose was given the title of Princess Rose. Concubines were given the title of Concubines. Ji Concubine was given the title of Ji Concubine. Xi Concubine was given the title of Xi Concubine. Qing Concubine was given the title of Qing Concubine. ”
In this case, this woman who was born in the Ministry of Internal Affairs finally survived to the rank of noble concubine, after which Suo Qiluo spent another twenty years in the harem, and finally died on May 17, 200 years of Guangxu, at the age of 60. Three years later, Suo Qiluoshi was buried in the Dingling Concubine Garden.
Although the noble concubine Suo Qiluo was born in Xinzhiku, her family was a famous family of wrapping clothes, with the reputation of "four generations and five Hanlin", which was the excellent performance of the Keju Road, which made the Suo Qiluo family prosperous for a long time. Even if Suo Qiluo did not have a man and a half woman born for Xianfeng, he still had a relatively high status in the Xianfeng harem, and this noble concubine's body has always been quite healthy, and it is a very good ending to be able to live through four dynasties and live to the age of sixty.
Of course, Suo Qiluoshi actually has the opportunity to enhance his historical status, if he can give birth to a man and a half woman for Xianfeng, it will naturally be different, but perhaps life is like this, it is difficult to have a too complete story, imperfection is the most real life.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Wenzong of the Qing Dynasty