Borzigit's Highland Pearl, I think this name is familiar to everyone, right? The past experience of this woman who was favored by Huang Taiji is very mysterious, she entered the palace at the age of 26, and no one knows why Huang Taiji would put a concubine like a flower, and like such a woman who is almost old and yellow.
What is even stranger is that the historical record of Hai Lanzhu before entering the palace is completely blank. It is reasonable to say that she is 26 years old and cannot have not been married once, perhaps someone deliberately covered it up, so we can't find her previous marriage records.
In the "Secret History of Xiaozhuang", Dayu'er (孝庄) is the favorite woman of Huang Taiji's life, but no matter how much Huang Taiji pleases Dayu'er, she is lukewarm to Huang Taiji, and even uses him several times. Huang Taiji was frustrated and sad in his heart, and just at this moment, Da Yu'er's sister Hai Lanzhu appeared.
She and Dayu'er have similar faces and the same blood on her body, but she is more gentle and understanding than Dayu'er. Huang Taiji was moved at the first sight of her, and then Huang Taiji put his love for Da Yu'er on Hai Lan Zhu's body, and Hai Lan Zhu became Huang Taiji's favorite concubine.
However, the historical Xiaozhuang is obviously not as favored as Hailanzhu, who is hailanzhu's sister, and she married huang taiji earlier than hailanzhu, but she is not favored, and is a dispensable role. Because they could not give birth to a son, Xiaozhuang's mother's family gave the Hailan Zhu, who was widowed at that time, to Emperor Taiji again.
As soon as Hai Lanzhu entered the palace, he was fully favored by the Emperor Taiji. Because of Hai Lanzhu, Emperor Taiji regarded the other women in the harem as air, and not only Xiaozhuang fell out of favor, but also Xiaozhuang's aunt, that is, Emperor Taiji's concubine. In this regard, Hai Lanzhu not only snatched her sister's husband, but also her aunt's husband.
Although Hai Lan Zhu favored the sixth palace, he gave birth to a son, and Huang Taiji intended to make this son a crown prince, unfortunately, this son unfortunately died prematurely, and Hai Lan Zhu became depressed all day and died of illness during the battle between Huang Taiji and the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji rushed back to the palace without stopping, but still did not see the last side of his beloved, Huang Taiji regarded this as a lifelong regret, and it did not take long to follow Hai Lanzhu. It can be said that a Hailan Zhu fascinated the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Taiji, for a lifetime, and finally followed her...
Because hai lanzhu died prematurely with the son born to emperor Taiji, emperor taiji never publicly appointed a crown prince after his sudden violent death, who would become the next emperor of the Manchu Dynasty and a member of the imperial family needed to be carefully considered. Emperor Taiji's younger brother Dorgon and Emperor Taiji's eldest son Hauge had their own opinions, and both wanted to sit on the dragon chair, but neither of them could beat anyone, so Dorgon made concessions and proposed to choose one of Emperor Taiji's other heirs to be the new emperor.
Presumably, everyone guessed who the new emperor was, that is, Fu Lin, the son of Xiaozhuang. If Emperor Taiji had not met Shanghai Lanzhu, perhaps he would not have died prematurely because of Hai Lanzhu's death, then the Qing Dynasty would not have been able to turn Fu Lin to be the master of the family, and Xiao Zhuang would not be the empress, from a certain point of view, Hai Lan Zhu was completely for Xiao Zhuang and Fu Lin as a wedding dress, it was the early death of Hai Lan Zhu's son that caused the Qing Dynasty to have no crown prince, Shunzhi could ascend to the throne, and Xiao Zhuang could be called empress.
Resources:
"Biography of Concubines After the Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", "Records of Emperor Taizongwen", "A Generation of Favorite Concubines Hailan Zhu"