It is said that Qianlong was a lustful emperor, but behind every wanderer, there is always a true love that is gone and never returned.
In the summer of the fifth year of Yongzheng, Crown Prince Hongli ushered in his big wedding. Under Yongzheng's Zhang Luo, Hongli married Li Rongbao's daughter Fucha, Empress Xiaoxianchun. Hongli was favored by his father, so soon after his marriage, Yongzheng assigned the Changchun Immortal Hall in the Yuanmingyuan to the young couple as a residence. A few years of glue were spent between Hongli and Fucha. In the following years, Hongli married several side Fujin, but his favorite was still the Fucha clan.
After all, Hiroshi was born in the clan room, and it was his mission to pass on the incense for Ai Shinjue Roshi. The vast majority of emperors in history have had the problem of starting chaos and eventually abandoning this problem, even qianlong in the popular "Ruyi Zhuan" a few years ago. However, Qianlong's love for the Fucha clan was always the same. After Hongli ascended the throne, the Fucha clan naturally became the lord of the harem, and Qianlong's favor for her did not fade with time.
So, why was the Fucha clan able to win Qianlong's favor?
According to records, Fu Cha's grandfather served as Hubu Shangshu during the Kangxi Dynasty, and his uncle Ma Qi was "a person who lived through three dynasties, was old enough to express his loyalty, was dignified and old, led the Ban Lian, and had a long reputation, and the dynasty had never been so long.". It can be seen that the family of Fucha is extremely prominent.
However, the Fucha clan, who lived in the honeypot, did not develop a pampered and arrogant personality, but advocated frugality. One day, Hongli mentioned to the Fucha clan that when the ancestors of the Ai Xinjue Luo clan were in Daxing'anling, the thread on the clothes was made of deer velvet grass, and now the descendants of the Ai Xinjue Luo clan are wearing clothes made of gold and silver thread. The Fucha clan understood that Qianlong did not forget the original, so he ordered someone to prepare deer velvet grass and personally woven a flint bag for Qianlong. This flint bag accompanied Qianlong for the rest of his life, and he still took it with him until his death.
According to the records of the Qing Shilu, Qianlong suffered from a serious illness when he was young, and although the Tai Doctor prescribed a prescription, Qianlong's condition still did not improve. Qianlong was suffering from a chronic disease, and the Tai Doctor instructed the emperor to rest for a hundred days before he could be cured. After hearing this, fucha moved into the outer room of Qianlong's bedchamber in spite of the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, poured tea and water on the front of Qianlong's sickbed every day, and served for a hundred days. It was not until Qianlong's condition improved that Fu Cha moved back to his residence.
Of course, Qianlong also had a deep affection for this Fucha clan who was close to him.
After the crystallization of the love between the two, Ai Xinjue Luo Yonglian (the prototype of the five brothers in the film and television drama) was born, Qianlong secretly made him the crown prince. Unfortunately, when Yonglian died of typhoid fever when he was two years old, Qianlong was greatly devastated and did not come to the court for five consecutive days. As Yonglian's biological mother, the death of her son made Fucha's heart cut like a knife.
In the eleventh year of Qianlong, the Fucha clan gave birth to a son, Yong Chun, for Qianlong. Because he was the son of the Fucha clan, Qianlong gave him the greatest expectations, and soon after Yong Chun's birth, he secretly made him the crown prince. Unfortunately, Qianlong was infected with smallpox in the twelfth year of Qianlong and died as early as his brother. Yong Chun's death made Qianlong and Fu Cha almost desperate.
Since then, the Fucha clan has become ill due to the continuous loss of his son and has been sick for a long time. In the thirteenth year of Qianlong, Qianlong went out of the palace on a tour of the east at the behest of Empress Dowager Yi. At this time, the Fucha clan had been living in the palace for a long time, and in order to make her mood better, Qianlong ordered her to accompany her on the tour. However, Fucha was not freed from her grief, and her heart had long since been throbbed with Yong Zhen's death.
After the tour, Fucha's mood was still very low, and Qianlong tried to curry favor with Fucha, but the empress did not show a smile again. As a last resort, Qianlong had no choice but to order His return to Luang. When the group came to Dezhou, Shandong, Fu chashi fell ill due to the fatigue of the boat and car. Rao qianlong took care of the Fucha clan in the palace for many days, but the empress still died.
Later, the Qianlong Emperor even wrote a sincere "Shu Sorrowful Endowment" on the day of the empress's death. "Shu Grief" is a sad poetic masterpiece, which records the beautiful character of Empress Fucha and the love, understanding, and solidarity between husband and wife, and is a wonderful symphony, a moving "long hate song", and is also included in the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty".
In addition, Qianlong also composed the "Elegy of Empress Dowager Wuchen Daxing" for Fu chashi:
Grace for twenty-two years, thirteen years of internal rule.
Suddenly dreaming of spring breeze, biased to the shore of the brigade.
Saint Ci deeply remembers filial piety, and the palace pot is full of qinxian.
Recite Guan Suishi, Zhu Qin has broken the string.
Summer and winter nights, to the indulgence period.
Half-generated eternal, when is it set at first sight?
The cotton suit is set up in the air, and the blue drapery is still hanging.
Sitting back in the middle of the mind, holding back tears and cherishing jiao'er.
Sorrow and joy are shared, and greetings are not forgotten.
Absolutely beautiful, the widow feels like a concubine.
One woman was sad, and two men died early.
Overwhelmed by the old, throwing pen and hurting!
When many people mention Qianlong, they often think that he is a mercurial emperor. As everyone knows, before empress Fucha's funeral, Qianlong was also a pure love boy. However, Fucha's death left him loveless. As a nine-five-year-old, Qianlong naturally has no shortage of beautiful women around him, but after the empress's death, Qianlong can no longer pay the true feelings of not asking for anything in return to the women around him.
In some wild histories, when Hongli was still a prince, he was very, often flirting with his father's concubines, and also had an unclear relationship with Yongzheng's noble concubine Nianshi. Through the stories of Qianlong and Fucha, we can see that Qianlong, who originally had a deep affection for Fu Jin, would probably not do such a thing.
Of course, after the death of Empress Fucha, Qianlong's view of feelings changed drastically.
Perhaps because there is no woman in this world who can communicate with her heart like the Fucha clan, Qianlong is fortunate to be attached to the landscape and beauty. If fucha had not died early, it is estimated that Qianlong would have greatly relented. After the death of the Fucha clan, Qianlong toured Jiangnan many times for the rest of his life, and thus fell under the nickname of the Emperor of the Winds.
The reason why Qianlong became so lustful and affectionate was precisely because there was no Fucha clan in the world.
Resources:
【The True Biography of Qianlong" and "The Chronicle of Jinchuan"