It is hard to imagine that a little palace girl next to the prince would be so loved by Xian Feng that after entering the palace, she became second only to the empress, and even Cixi had to kneel when she saw her. However, it was such a peculiar woman who had a red face and a short life, and left the world early, and after her death, Xian Feng actually ordered all the concubines to go out to pay tribute to this woman, which can be said to have given enough face, what kind of woman would get Xian Feng to treat her like this?
Yun Concubine Wu Jia clan, the ministry of internal affairs with yellow flag wrapped woman, birth year unknown, father is set yellow flag wrapped flag drum zuo leader Ding Wude.
Yun Concubine's origin is very clear, that is, the woman in the inner affairs office, therefore, she entered the palace through the internal affairs office draft, and the initial identity after entering the palace was the palace girl, also known as the official woman. Under normal circumstances, in situations like Yun Concubine, she would stay in the palace to serve, and when she reached the age, she would be allowed to marry in the palace.
Of course, there are two other possibilities, the first is that the emperor will include it in his harem, seal it permanently, promise something. Second, it is also possible to give it to the crown prince as an official woman, that is, a servant who serves the prince.
When Yun Concubine entered the palace, Daoguang was already an old man who was nearly seventy years old, and generally would not add new people to himself, so Daoguang gave the outstanding Yun Concubine as an official woman to the fourth son of the emperor, Yixuan.
According to the archives, on October 16, 29, the general manager Zhang Yingchun and others added a new woman under the four brothers and officials, and gave a portion of food every day, and from today onwards, they were given to the leader Su Dechuan. This fourth brother official woman is the Yun Concubine Wu Jia clan that we are going to talk about.
As we all know, the fourth son of the Emperor, YiXuan, was secretly appointed crown prince in the twenty-sixth year of Daoguang, and then Daoguang ordered the Eight Banners Draft, and selected a famous daughter of the Sakda clan and pointed out to Yi xi to be the concubine Fujin, who was later posthumously crowned Empress Xiaodexian, that is, the original empress of Xianfeng.
However, what people did not expect was that this Sakda clan was simply a sick seedling, and since marrying Yi Xuan, the illness had been aggravated. Therefore, Daoguang chose another official woman for his son Yixuan, that is, Wu Jiashi.
In the palace division of The Twenty-ninth Year of Daoguang, the identity of the WuJia clan was still "the woman under the fourth son of the emperor", that is to say, the Wujia clan had not obtained the status of side Fujin, presumably because of an improper birth.
However, the development of the story next is unimaginable. First, yixuan's concubine Fu Jin Sakda died early, then Daoguang's stepmother Empress Xiaoherui died, and finally the Daoguang Emperor died in the Yuanmingyuan. In less than a month, the three great figures of the Forbidden City passed away, and then the Qing Empire also changed its rulers, he was the fourth son of the Emperor Yixuan, the Xianfeng Emperor, whom Wu Jia served.
After Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, while holding funerals for his grandmother, father, and wife, he did not forget to give the women around him a title. For example, in the first ten days of February in the 30th year of The Guang Dynasty, Wu Jia was named Yun Guiren, and in the second year's palace girl draft, XianFeng selected a palace girl to be included in the harem, which was the later Wan Guifei Suo Qiluoshi.
In February of the second year of Xianfeng, Xianfeng also ordered the eight flags to be held, and four showgirls were selected to enter the palace, namely Zhen Concubine, Ying Guiren, Lan Guiren and Li Guiren. However, the four newcomers entered the palace in two batches at the end of April and the beginning of May, and Wu Jia was named a concubine on April 18 of that year, before the four newcomers entered the palace.
Of course, one of the four newcomers was elected to the palace as a preparatory empress, and she was a concubine, later Ci'an. The palace where Wu Jiashi first lived was the Zhong Pu Palace, and after the concubine entered the palace, she moved to the Chengqian Palace and lived with wan Chang, who was newly admitted to the palace.
Sure enough, only two months later, the concubine was made empress of the Middle Palace. However, at that time, the Xianfeng harem was ranked below the empress, there were two concubines, Yun Concubine and Ying Concubine, and the newly entered Lan Guiren and Li Guiren had not yet been promoted at this time, so at this time, the Wu Jia clan could be said to be the second person after the empress. To put it bluntly, even if Lan Guiren (Cixi) saw Wu Jiashi at that time, he would have to kneel.
On April 19 of the third year of Xianfeng, Wu Jia was officially canonized as a concubine:
"It should be supplemented by four stars." Kun Yi Mao Association. Praise hugh. Lead the Nine Emperors to be gracious. The tin of the Sundanese Lotus Reaffirmation. Yi Dian (爰稽彝典). Loaded with pei wen lun. Gentlemen. Endowed with golden virginity. Pure heart. In the Green Palace and worship. Early Zhuang Shu. Serve The Purple Pole and Shen Qi. Miaki. He is made a concubine of Yun. Erqi was honored with the elephant suit. Complement the brilliance of Zhai Zhai. Pious. Use the transformation of Sasuke Lin. Thanks. ”
In the same year, the concubine who had previously been promoted to the throne angered Xianfeng, and was eventually demoted to a position of Yigui. However, Yun Concubine Wu Jia's health had not been very good, so in the fourth year of XianFeng, Xian Feng gradually shifted his attention to the two main seats of Lan Gui and Li Gui.
On the fourth day of the first month of the fifth year of Xianfeng, bad news came from the palace, and Yun Concubine Wu Jia died of illness, and the estimated age was about 25 years old. After the death of wu jia, Xianfeng actually sent all the concubines except the empress of the middle palace to pay tribute to the Wujia clan, such as Yi concubine (Cixi), Wan concubine, Yi Guiren (Ying concubine), Ming Changzai, And Gong Changzai, etc. It can be seen that Xianfeng still has certain feelings for this concubine who served him during the period of the hidden residence.
However, because the imperial tomb of Xianfeng had not yet been built at that time, the golden coffin of the Wujia clan had to be temporarily stored in the Tamura Funeral Palace, and it was not until September of the fourth year of Tongzhi that the Wujia clan was buried in the Dingling Concubine Garden.
Although the Yun Concubine Wu Jia clan was not well known in the Xianfeng harem and did not rank high in the final ranking, she occupied a very important position in the Xianfeng harem. If it is not an early death, it may have a certain impact on the pattern of the Xianfeng harem, although the origin of the Wujia clan is not very good, but it is fortunate to serve Xianfeng, who is still the crown prince, it is also her blessing, some people are like this, fate can not bear this blessing, and finally left the world early, we can only say, Shi Ye, fate also.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Daoguang Dynasty, Records of the Xianfeng Dynasty