In ancient society, there is a saying that the companion is like a companion tiger, and being on the side of the emperor can certainly get grace, but there is also a danger of angering the dragon's whiskers, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss. According to the study of qing dynasty harem historical materials, there are countless concubines who have been demoted by the emperor, and today the author wants to talk about one of them, she is a good concubine.
The Girl in the Bag
Jia Guifei's surname is Guo Jiashi, is a woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs Zheng Huangqi, her father Bao'er is only a nurturing soldier of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in fact, a woman like Guo Jiashi, even if she enters the palace to be a palace maid, is also a luxury, let alone become the emperor's concubine. However, Heaven gave Guo Jiashi a beautiful face, which became her advantage in being selected.
Fourteen years before daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, Guo Jiashi was selected in a palace draft, and then was sent to Zhong Pu Palace as a palace maid, named Sanyou. Zhong Pu Palace has always been the residence of the pet concubine, from this point of view, Guo Jia's qualifications should be very good. In fact, in the vast Forbidden City, a beautiful woman like Guo Jiashi easily attracted the attention of the emperor, coupled with the strong recommendation of the master, it provided favorable conditions for Guo Jia's favor.
He was given the throne
In December of the fourteenth year of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor issued a holy decree to crown the three women of the Zhong Pu Palace as Jia Changzai, and from then on, Guo Jiashi got rid of the identity of a slave and became a small lord of the harem of the Qing Dynasty. At this time, Guo Jiashi was only 19 years old, and if she was lucky enough, her future should be very good.
Facts have also proved this, in the next two years, Guo Jiashi was continuously promoted, respectively, to be promoted to Jia Guiren and Jia Concubine, it can be seen that during this period, Guo Jiashi should be very favored. In addition, we should also note that the fourteenth year of Daoguang coincided with the year of Empress Xiaoquan's ascension to the throne, and in connection with the successive promotions in the following two years, it is not excluded that Guo Jia's favor is the result of Empress Xiaoquan's intentional cultivation.
With the protection of the Empress of the Qing Dynasty, Guo Jiashi naturally had unlimited scenery in the harem, but what she did not expect was that Empress Xiaoquan suddenly collapsed in the twenty years of Daoguang, thus, Guo Jiashi lost a strong patron, after that, she could only be cautious and walk on thin ice in the harem of the wind and clouds, for fear of angering Daoguang, a grumpy son of heaven.
However, although Guo Jiashi was cautious, he still could not prevent some people's retaliation, and in July of the year of Empress Xiaoquan's death, the Daoguang Emperor ordered that Guo Jiashi be demoted to a nobleman, at this time, the lord of the harem of the Qing Dynasty was the Jing Emperor's noble concubine, so Guo Jia's demotion should have a lot to do with the Jing Emperor's noble concubine.
Three levels of honor
After that, in the final Daoguang Dynasty, Guo Jiashi never got the favor of the emperor again, and it was not until the death of the Daoguang Emperor that Guo Jiashi ushered in the opportunity to be reborn. Generally speaking, after the death of the emperor, the new emperor would honor the concubines of the former emperor, and after the Xianfeng Emperor succeeded to the throne, he honored Guo Jia as the emperor's concubine, and if so, Guo Jia was able to return to the concubine.
After the Tongzhi Emperor succeeded to the throne, Guo Jia was given two opportunities to be honored, once in the early years of Tongzhi as emperor jia concubine, and the other time before Tongzhi died. During these two reigns, the ruler was actually the empress dowager of the two palaces (Ci'an and Cixi), so guo Jia's title was actually given by Ci'an and Cixi.
At that time, Guo Jiashi was no longer a red pink lady, and these names did not mean much to her personally, but this was very important to Guo Jia's family, and to a certain extent, it could enhance the guo jia family's family and improve their family situation.
On the sixth day of The first month of April in the sixteenth year of Guangxu, this old concubine who had gone through the five dynasties of Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, Daoguang and Guangxu died of illness at shou'an Palace at the age of 75. Although Guo Jiashi had been ruthlessly demoted by the emperor, he was able to pass through the five dynasties to be honored as a noble concubine, which was already a great creation, much stronger than those concubines who died tragically in the Cold Palace.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty, Canon of the Great Qing Dynasty