In recent years, the Qing Palace drama is really in full swing, from "The Desire of the Golden Branch" to "The Biography of Zhen Huan", coupled with countless popular palace fighting dramas during the period, making the Qing Dynasty harem leave a deep impression on people. The dust that made this stormy last dynasty fade a little dust glowed a little green, although most of them were adapted for artistic processing, but it is undeniable that gongdou has almost become synonymous with the harem of the Qing Dynasty. The historical truth is confusing and no one has been able to witness it with their own eyes, but due to human nature, the royal harem is inevitably a mysterious and secret struggle, perhaps more than film and television dramas. At that time, Lü Hou invented the so-called "Ren Yan" in order to compete for favors, so it can be seen that the battle in the harem may be far more tragic than the temple. But there are not a few who cut through thorns, Wu Zetian is the model of the winner of the palace fight that stands out, in addition to many, and today I want to talk about the one who has survived more than 70 years of palace fighting from the age of 14 to the age of 95, and has gradually risen from gege to the position of the imperial concubine, which is second only to the empress.
She was the Noble Concubine Geng of the Qing Dynasty, a lucky person born during the Kangxi Dynasty who had a distinguished status from an early age. He then entered the Yongzheng harem to give birth to a son, and both mother and son were deeply loved by Yongzheng. This is in the fierce environment of the lustful Yongzheng and the harem, which shows the emotional basis of the two people's love for each other.
The Geng family is well-off, his father will be a central official, since childhood Bingxue is smart and tutored by famous teachers, and his intelligent character is deeply loved by everyone. Soon after, he was selected to be sent to the palace to serve Yongzheng around, and Yongzheng immediately made him a concubine after yongzheng ascended the throne, and was promoted to yu concubine again eight years later. The reason why Yongzheng is deeply remembered, in addition to his own intelligence, there is also a specialty, which coincides with a small interest of Yongzheng. We all know that Yongzheng is not interested in beauty, and the harem has a total of eight concubines, becoming the emperor with the fewest harems in the Qing Dynasty. During his reign, he worked hard to govern, so he was also a well-known lord of ZTE. After succeeding to the throne, he not only released rare and exotic beasts kept in captivity in the palace, but also rarely hunted. Just have a special love for the Yuanmingyuan, not only in this office but also often come here to drink a little wine, it is this little wine that makes him have a special love for Geng.
Geng's body is well-versed, and his physique is also healthier than that of other concubines, so he has a lot of alcohol. Whenever Yongzheng took a break from his busy official duties, Geng Shi could talk to him about the wine to relieve the pressure. His own character was also fully inherited to his son Hongzhi, who, as the fifth oldest, was often deeply loved by Yongzheng because of his cleverness and quick thinking, and was named Prince He soon after birth. And let him preside over the handling of the Miaojiang Affairs Office together with Hongli, which shows the position of mother and son in Yongzheng's heart.
Speaking of this, it is inevitable to mention one of Geng's girlfriends, Niu Hulu, that is, the later Empress Xiaoshengxian, the prototype character of the film and television drama "The Biography of Zhen Huan". He entered the palace at the age of 11 and became Yongzheng's attendant Gege, entering the palace a year later than Geng's, and also 4 years younger than Geng's. The Yongzheng harem itself is not much, coupled with the good character and old age of the Geng clan, the two have a similar life, and soon became close friends with deep feelings. Until Geng's death at the age of 95, they had been friends for 73 years, and the two had successively become the two longest-lived strange women in the Qing Dynasty harem.
Soon after Yongzheng's death, Geng was honored by Qianlong as Emperor Kaoyu's noble concubine, and spent 41 years unscathed. At this time, the Geng clan, who was nearly 90 years old, was once again honored by Qianlong as the imperial concubine of Emperor Kaoyu, until 6 years later, the ninety-six-year-old birthday star saw all the prosperity of the world and enjoyed the blessings of the Qi people and died, and the next year he was again honored by Qianlong as the noble concubine of the Pure Yi Emperor, and won the honor second only to the empress.