The "Nine Sons and Nine Sons" took place in the struggle for the throne between the princes of the Kangxi Emperor, and its duration, the viciousness of the means of contention, and the tragic end of the final outcome are the most in history. Since September of the 47th year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the crown prince Yinrong was deposed for the first time, and the "Nine Sons and Sisters" officially began; until November of the 61st year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Kangxi Emperor died, and the fourth son of the Emperor Yinchen ascended the throne as emperor and was successfully promoted to the Yongzheng Emperor; and then after the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, he bloodily liquidated the former political enemies who seized the concubines, imprisoned and even poisoned the royal brothers; and even, until the "Hongchen Rebellion Case" in the early Qianlong Dynasty was snuffed out, the "Nine Sons Taking the Concubine" was officially over.
That is to say, the historical "Nine Sons and Concubines" spanned three dynasties and lasted for more than 30 years. During this period, in addition to the princes who were busy with court battles and political struggles, the women behind them were inevitably passively involved in this struggle. For example, "Marte Ruoxi" in the TV series "Step by Step", such as "Luo Qingchuan" in the TV series "Palace", and even "Zhen Huan" in the palace fighting drama "The Biography of Zhen Huan" have also played a role during this period.
So, when the "Nine Sons And Sisters" occurred in the Kangxi Dynasty, what were these three well-known characters in the play, Zhen Huan, Qingchuan, and Ruoxi, doing?
Zhen Huan
The historical prototype of "Zhen Huan" is the concubine of the Yongzheng Emperor, Xi Concubine Niu Hulu, the biological mother of the Qianlong Emperor. After the Qianlong Emperor ascended the throne, he honored her as "Empress Dowager Of The Virgin", with the insignia title of "Empress Chongqing", and posthumously honored her as "Empress Xiaoshengxian".
According to the "Biography of the Later Concubines", the NiuHulu clan "was the mother of the world for more than forty years, the country was prosperous, and saw Zeng Xuan" and was the highest-lived and most blessed empress dowager in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
According to the "Qingyu Butterfly" record, the NiuHulu clan was accused by the Kangxi Emperor of marrying the fourth son of the then Emperor, Yin Chan, as a "female gege" in the 43rd year of the Kangxi Dynasty. That is to say, the Niu Hulu clan witnessed the entire process of the "Nine Sons and Concubines" for more than 30 years.
Although the NiuHulu clan was from the famous Manchurian family, the Niuhulu clan, and belonged to the same branch as the Kangxi Dynasty's auxiliary chancellor Shu Bilong, it did not bring any foreign help to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chen, and at that time, almost all of the Niuhulu family stood behind the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, as a staunch member of the "Eight Masters Party" forces.
However, despite this, the Niuhulu clan was still the first contributor to the success of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, because she gave birth to a son for Yin Chan who made the Kangxi Emperor "fall in love at the sight and live in the palace",-Ai Xinjue Luo Hongli.
In March of the 61st year of the Kangxi Emperor's life, the Kangxi Emperor saw the 10-year-old Hongli twice in a row, and even specifically asked to see Hongli's birth mother, Niu Hulu, and even claimed that he was a "blessed person". In addition to raising Hongli in the palace and personally raising him, the Kangxi Emperor even gave the assertion that "Yin Chan's second son has a heroic atmosphere and will be crowned prince".
Obviously, the excellence of the Hongli calendar greatly changed the Kangxi Emperor's views and attitudes towards the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan, and also absolutely affected the Kangxi Emperor's final decision to pass the throne.
Ruoxi
Although "Ruoxi" is a fictional character, it also has a specific historical contrast, that is, the Yongzheng Emperor's hair-tied wife, Empress Xiaojingxian of the Uranara clan.
In the thirtieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Marriage was personally initiated by the Kangxi Emperor, and the Uranara clan became the concubine fujin of the Emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan. According to the Yongzheng Emperor, the Uranara clan is the location of the "Xiangzhong Huaguan, Xiuyu Famous Gate". So, how strong is her background, and will she be directly accused of marrying the current emperor as Concubine Fujin?
The father of the Uranara clan, Feyangu, was an official to the "Minister of the Interior" and the "Admiral of the Nine Doors", and there was nothing to show off. However, this grandfather had a very prominent experience in his adolescence - he was "raised in the inner court" by Emperor Taiji, the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty. To be able to climb the relationship with Huang Taiji, how powerful the background of the Uranara clan really is, can be imagined.
As for the contribution of the Uranara clan during the "Nine Sons and Concubines", the Yongzheng Emperor once gave a clear explanation:
Since the year of her death, the present empress has been under the orders of the Emperor Kao Kangxi Emperor to be a matchmaker, and since the marriage, she has been thrifty and obedient, and en can be arrested, and the internal affairs are integrated, and the quiet is salty, filial piety and respect have always been consistent.
In the process of the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, who was busy with the struggle for the concubine, the Uranara clan actually took charge of all the internal affairs of the Fourth Master's Mansion as a concubine Fujin, saving him all worries. As the saying goes, "Behind a successful man is a great woman", and the Uranara clan is the great woman behind the Yongzheng Emperor.
Harukawa
The historical prototype of "Qingchuan" is the concubine fujin of the eighth son of the emperor, Guo Luoluoshi. This pure and lovely, brave and kind woman in the TV series is definitely not a good stubble in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and even can make the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, bow down to it and obey her words.
Guo Luoluo's image of a "humble woman" was clearly recorded in the official documents of the Qing Dynasty, and even the Kangxi Emperor severely reprimanded the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu, for this reason. According to the Records of the Qing Dynasty, when the Crown Prince Yinrong was first deposed, the Kangxi Emperor reprimanded the eighth son of the Emperor, Yin yu, for this:
Yin Yu was also subject to his wife, who was the nephew of Yue Le, the king of An County, and was jealous and evil, and yin Yu had not yet given birth to a child.
In addition, the Yongxian Lu also describes the specific image of Guo Luoluo:
Yin Yu's wife was violent and unkind, insulting her husband, and was even an unmarried woman, and Yin Yu was also very afraid of her wife.
The historical Guo Luo Luoshi was the granddaughter of Yue Le, the Prince of An, during the Kangxi Dynasty, Prince An's henchmen were all over the place and powerful, and was an important support force for the eighth son of the Emperor, Yin Yu. Coupled with Guo Luoluo's proficiency in calculation and good at co-opting, he has gradually become the "think tank" behind the Emperor's eighth son, Yin Yu. During the "Nine Sons and Concubines", a series of actions and overall plans of the Eighth Son of the Emperor Yin Yu came from Guo Luoluo's planning and arrangement.
Because of this, the Yongzheng Emperor was extremely disgusted with this sister-in-law, and once called her "more cruel, violent and unkind, and Yun Yu was very afraid of her in peacetime"; in addition, in the early days of the Yongzheng Dynasty, Guo Luoluo's various contemptuous and provocative words and deeds against the Yongzheng Emperor's power, even after the Yongzheng Emperor ordered him to be "expelled back to his mother's house", he still "did not have any fear and went away in anger". As a result, the Yongzheng Emperor became angry, and the consequences of his anger were extremely serious, and ordered that "the Shuren yun yu wife commit suicide, but still scatter his bones to ambush him."
Giving himself suicide could no longer dissolve the hatred in the yongzheng emperor's heart, and he still had to frustrate his bones and raise ashes. Guo Luoluo's performance as a "humble woman" in the Kangxi Dynasty can be imagined as an indispensable life in the Yongzheng Dynasty. Therefore, Harukawa during the "Nine Sons and Sisters" period is the real cow!
postscript
As the saying goes: "War, let women go away", "Nine sons and wives" although it is a court struggle between men, a power duel, but it also inevitably involves the women behind them. Because of the influence of foreign relatives, because of the special merit of giving birth to heirs, and because of their own wisdom, these women can play an irreplaceable and huge role in this battle for wives.
However, men pay attention to a "winner is the king and the loser thief", and the women who are tied to them will naturally do the same. "Zhen Huan" and "Ruoxi" went to the peak of their lives because they stood behind the Yongzheng Emperor; "Qingchuan" fell to the sad end of "being given to commit suicide and ashes because he stood behind the eighth son of the emperor, Yin Yu". This is time and destiny.
References: "Qing History Manuscripts, Later Concubines", "Qing Shilu Shengzu Shilu", "Qing Shilu Sejong Shilu", "Yongxian Lu"