When the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was alive, 17 of them died prematurely, and there were 10 healthy princes, and among these 10 princes, there was a very special prince, his biological mother was a noble imperial concubine, but this prince was given to the chancellor by the Qianlong Emperor when he grew up, and the ceremony of giving the prince to the chancellor in ancient times was very solemn, and this prince lost touch with the emperor's throne, who is this poor prince? He was yongjun, the fourth prince of the Qianlong Emperor.
When the Qianlong Emperor was still a prince, he already had three sons, namely Yong Huang, Yong Lian, and Yong Zhang. One of the three princes was born to Empress Xiaoxian of the Fucha clan, he was Yonglian, the name also contains a lot of meaning, and the Qianlong Emperor had great expectations for this child, and then Yonglian died unexpectedly before he became an adult, which became an untouchable scale of the Qianlong Emperor's life.
When Qianlong was four years old, Concubine Jia gave birth to a prince for the emperor, called Yongjun, which was the fourth son obtained by the Qianlong Emperor, but the status of the Jin clan was not high, just a woman born in a small family of wrapping clothes, but she had one thing that Qianlong liked very much, that is, she looked very beautiful, and there was Korean blood in the bloodline, and after marrying the Qianlong Emperor, she was deeply favored by the Qianlong Emperor, and gave birth to four princes for the Qianlong Emperor in a row.
To know that the Qianlong Emperor only had 17 sons in his lifetime, this Jin clan gave birth to 4 princes for Qianlong in one breath, you can understand how much Qianlong is pampered with her, and the status is no one can replace, but unfortunately, the life of the Jin clan is not long, and he died at the age of 43, Qianlong was very sad, and specially posthumously named him as an imperial concubine to express his sorrow for her.
According to the traditional royal inheritance etiquette, the mother is an imperial concubine, Yongjun is naturally qualified to compete with other princes for the emperor's inheritance, but the talent of this prince is mediocre, even if the Qianlong Emperor likes his mother, there is no way to turn him into an ideal successor, and over time Qianlong's feelings for him will be forgotten.
In the year 248 of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor's minister Yin Qi passed away, before the temporary he did not leave a descendant, the ancients and clouds, no filial piety has three, no queen is great, so the Qianlong Emperor has the idea of giving the four princes to this minister, let him mention that the minister continues the incense, the four princes are passed on to this minister, which means that the four princes will forever lose the succession to compete for the throne, which is unfair to the four princes, as a prince who finally does not want to ascend to the throne of their dreams, But the helpless thing is that his father is the emperor, his orders but no one dares to disobey, and the fourth prince's heart is definitely not a taste.
Then the Qianlong Emperor was so ruthless to deny his inheritance, although the fourth prince was dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do, he could only choose to accept his father's arrangement for himself, depressed every day, not long after he fell ill, and finally died as early as his mother, the fourth prince died only 39 years old when he died, and later after the Jiaqing Emperor ascended the throne, he was posthumously named prince.