In the past, women's status was not high, whether you were born into a royal or aristocratic family, as long as you were a girl, you could not control your own destiny. In the feudal era, many women would be sent as spoils of war, it is said that the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Taiji, once gave his own woman to others, that woman is called Yehenara, is the side concubine of the Emperor Taiji, so is this really the case? Let's take a look at the relevant records.
Yehenara's father was Yehebe Belle, and the purpose of marrying her was obvious, that is, to win Yehebe to work hard for himself. Before marrying Huang Taiji, the Yehenara clan actually had a marriage, but the Huang Taiji did not pay attention to it, the marriage between the two was mainly composed of political benefits, and no one would care whether the Yehenara clan had ever been married before.
Later, she gave birth to a son for Emperor Taiji, Shuosai, friends who had heard of this person should know his strength, he was deeply respected by Emperor Taiji, and from the fact that he could later be awarded the Iron Hat King, his means were not ordinary. According to the History of Yehna, the Yehenara clan fell out of favor after giving birth to a child, and Emperor Taiji did not hesitate to abandon her after she lost her use value and gave her to the Minister of the Interior, Zhantu Shetu.
After many investigations, we found that in the Emperor Taiji Dynasty, we did not find a person named Neitu Xietu, and the most important thing is that in the official history books such as the Qing History Manuscript, we can see information about the Yehenara clan. If she was really sent by Emperor Taiji, that is, she was removed from the imperial family and no longer the emperor's concubine, then the "Qing History Draft" should delete the information related to her.
Finally, she is Shuo Sai's birth mother, if she is sent away, the son must have no light on her face, Shuo Sai cannot be reused, and the Emperor Taiji will not seal a person whose birth mother has remarried several times as a prince, right? This is detrimental to the image of the royal family, and if these three points are not convincing enough, we can look at the fourth piece of evidence together.
Just a dozen years ago, archaeologists had a major discovery, in the mausoleum of the Emperor Taiji, experts accidentally found the traces of the side concubine Yehenara, the matter was also reported at the time, for a while folk rumors have been crowded, why is the Yehenara clan not buried in the concubine garden bed?
This is because at that time, the Qing Dynasty still retained manchurian customs in many aspects, did not follow the Han system, the concubines were cremated after death, and then as funerary items, their urns would be placed in the emperor's tomb, Yehenara clan is no exception, so her ashes will appear in the tomb of the emperor Taiji. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, under the influence of Han culture, the imperial family gradually accepted earth burial, especially after Kangxi was called emperor, and the custom of Cremation in Manchuria basically disappeared.
Therefore, from all indications, the remarriage of the Yehenara clan is just a rumor, and it is just a story made up by some people who are idle.
Resources:
"Biography of the Later Concubines of the Qing Dynasty Manuscript", "Archaeological Discoveries of the Emperor Taiji Mausoleum", "Manchu Old File"