In the harem of Kangxi's later years, there were two noble and favored concubines, one was a concubine from the Tong Jia clan with the yellow flag, and the other was a concubine from the yellow flag Guar Jia clan. Emperor Hui's concubine was Kangxi's cousin, and it was more reasonable to be favored, so why could Emperor Huiyi be favored by the elderly Kangxi?
There is a beautiful legend about the entry of The Noble Concubine of Emperor Yiyi into the palace.
Legend has it that Kangxi had a wish, that is, to marry a beautiful woman of Ningguta, one night Kangxi dreamed of a folk beauty living by the big river in the northeast, this beautiful woman was dressed in simple, rougeless but very beautiful, only to see her holding a big kingfisher riding a dragon and soaring, after Kangxi woke up, this beautiful woman seemed to be still in front of her, vivid. Therefore, Kangxi sent the minister of Chincha to Ninguta to select a draft to find the beautiful woman in his dream.
After the officials came to Ninggu Pagoda, after layers of selection, dozens of beautiful women were selected, but none of them met Kangxi's words of "riding a dragon and holding a phoenix". Therefore, the officials had to visit along the Mudanjiang River, and unconsciously came to a small fishing village on the riverside, which was the hometown of The Leader of Shengjing Sanpin, and his wife and children still lived in their hometown. The official came to Hu Man's home and learned that Hu Man had four daughters, the second and third were first-class beauties, and at this moment, the fourth daughter happened to be holding a big rooster back to her home, and she did not expect to jump on the wall, and the official was immediately overjoyed: "Isn't this the daughter who rides the dragon and holds the phoenix?" ”
Although it is only a legend, it reveals that The Noble Concubine of the Emperor Yiyi is definitely not an ordinary woman.
In the thirty-ninth year of Kangxi, the 18-year-old Imperial Concubine (Guarjia) was selected into the palace after the Eight Flags Draft, and Kangxi was very satisfied with this young girl and immediately crowned her as a concubine. In the Kangxi Dynasty, it was rare to be able to be crowned a concubine as soon as he entered the palace. As soon as Emperor Huanyi entered the palace, she was often summoned by Kangxi, and Yiyi also lived up to expectations, and gave birth to a princess in the second year of entering the palace, that is, the eighteenth daughter of the emperor. Unfortunately, the princess died not long after, and after that, Sheyi never gave birth to a child again.
However, Kangxi was still very fond of Yi Yi, and this favor was reflected in the fifty-ninth year of Kangxi, when She Yi was made a concubine by Kangxi Jin. Unexpectedly, two years later, Huan Yi became related to one of Kangxi's imperial grandsons, who was Hongli, the son of Yin Chan the Prince of Yong.
In the sixty-first year of Kangxi, Kangxi was invited by the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Chan, to come to the Yuanmingyuan to admire the peonies, and at a glance he took a fancy to the Emperor's grandson Hongli, and immediately decided to take the Hongli to the palace to raise. At that time, Hongli was only ten years old, so Kangxi ordered Emperor Hui's concubine (then a noble concubine) and Concubine He to take care of Hongli. Unexpectedly, it was this short period of care that brought great glory to these two women.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Yi Yi was honored by Yongzheng as an imperial concubine, and after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he went further and honored her as emperor Wenhui's noble concubine. After that, Yi Yi spent another thirty-three spring and autumn seasons in Ningshou Palace, and died of illness in the palace in the thirty-third year of Qianlong at the age of 86, which was definitely a high life expectancy at that time. Subsequently, Qianlong gave the concubine, who had taken care of her grandmother, the title of Emperor Yiyi's concubine, and buried her in the garden of the Jingling Emperor's concubine.