The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of Chinese feudal society and developed greatly in agriculture and commerce, experiencing a total of twelve emperors. Among them, the Qianlong Emperor was the emperor with the longest reign and the highest lifespan in history.
He ascended the throne at the age of twenty-five, reigned for sixty years, and was called the Model Emperor. We have seen a lot of stories about Qianlong in TV series and movies, he has been in the harem of three thousand in his life, and he has repeatedly visited Jiangnan micro-service to find beautiful women everywhere.
In the previous hit Qing Palace TV series "Yanxi Raiders" and "Ruyi Zhuan", we met Wei Yongluo, that is, Lingfei.
Although the description of Concubine Ling in different film and television dramas is different, it has to be said that her influence on the Qianlong Emperor is decisive, and she is the most unique one in the many harems of the Qianlong Emperor.
It is said that when Qianlong first spoiled Concubine Ling, he was excited, and what kind of charm did Concubine Ling have that fascinated Qianlong, who had read countless people?
The woman beside Qianlong
The Qianlong Emperor can be described as a well-known emperor, and various legendary stories about him are familiar to us through TV series.
The earliest filming in Hong Kong, "Qianlong Under the Jiangnan", achieved a good response, and successively released "Qianlong Under Yangzhou" and "Qianlong Emperor and the Three Girls", in which Qianlong was an infatuated emperor.
In the 1990s, Taiwan and the mainland filmed "Joke about Qianlong" and "Qianlong", respectively, and at this time, the TV series opened up Qianlong's relentless love mode, until the current "Yanxi Raiders" and "Ruyi Chuan".
We can see that Qianlong is surrounded by beautiful women all the time, whether it is a harem beauty or a talented woman in Jiangnan, all of them treat Qianlong like the stars and the moon, they try everything to please the emperor, gentle as water, and only to win Qianlong's heart.
For example, the first woman of Qianlong, that is, the original wife Fuchashi, although she is not the beauty of the country, her biggest advantage is to be considerate.
Every day Qianlong was very tired in handling government affairs, and she would observe the color, say some words that made Qianlong happy, send him what he loved to eat, ask for warmth, and organize the concubines of the harem to raise silkworms and weave yarn, and use the cloth she woven to make clothes for Qianlong.
Empress Fucha was so attentive that she naturally won Qianlong's favor, and wrote many poems of remembrance to her after Fucha's death.
The Fucha clan represents the image of most of the women around the Qianlong Emperor, although they have a variety of postures and different personalities, they all have something in common, that is, they regard the Qianlong Emperor as heaven and live only to please the emperor all their lives.
Concubine's life and growth
Concubine Ling,whose surname was Wei (魏佳氏), was born on the ninth day of September 1727, and her father was The Inner Pipe Leader Wei Qingtai (魏清泰), who was a Yellow Banner Wrapper.
Baoyi is a title of the Qing Dynasty, a Transliteration of manchu, meaning domestic slave, specializing in housework and productive labor, and was the lowest class in the Qing Dynasty.
Although Concubine Ling was of low birth, her mother was more far-sighted, and from an early age she was familiar with poetry and learning various musical instruments, making her a versatile woman.
Wei Jiashi lives in such an ordinary family, so that her mind is simple, there are not so many people who are sophisticated, and her learning knowledge makes her different from ordinary people, has her own thoughts and opinions, will not follow the current, and has not become worldly.
Because she belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she was selected into the palace because of her beautiful appearance when she was drafted in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When she first entered the palace, she was just an ordinary palace maid, because of her sweet appearance and cleverness, she was assigned to study at the side of Empress Fucha.
It was precisely because of Empress Fucha's teachings that Wei Jia learned a lot of palace rules and sophistication, which laid the foundation for her to survive in the complicated environment of the palace in the future, making her become not humble, not afraid of power, and brave enough to express her views and positions.
Empress Fucha was deeply favored by the Qianlong Emperor, and Qianlong would often come to the empress's palace, which gave Wei Jia the opportunity to meet the emperor.
When Qianlong first saw Wei Jiashi, he was attracted by her appearance, and her simplicity also made Qianlong feel fresh. Empress Fucha saw that Qianlong was very interested in Wei Jiashi and tried her best to match them.
Wei Jiashi was Empress Fucha's confidant, and if she could be appreciated by Qianlong, she would enhance Empress Fucha's power, which she was happy to see.
In the ten years of Qianlong, Wei Jiashi was directly promoted from palace daughter to Wei Guiren, crossing the two ranks of promise and chang, which was enough to see that Qianlong was particularly fond of her at the beginning.
Princess Ling's uniqueness favored her
When Qianlong favored Concubine Ling, she was not flattered like other concubines, but vigorously resisted, which aroused Qianlong's desire to conquer.
Every man wants to prove his strength and bring himself a sense of accomplishment by conquering others, and the emperor has a stronger desire to conquer than the average person, because they are high above and do not allow anyone to disobey their majesty.
Wei Jia's refusal made Qianlong feel different from the past, making Qianlong feel that she had a charm that others did not have, and was deeply attracted to her.
After Qianlong got the Wei Jia clan, she was impressed by the emperor's manhood, showed a weak side, and revealed her admiration for Qianlong, which made Qianlong Long's heart happy and full of a sense of accomplishment.
For Qianlong, what kind of beautiful women he has seen, no matter how beautiful he will not surprise him, the women he likes have nothing to get, and Wei Jia's desire to refuse to welcome Qianlong feels very fresh, moved by her unique temperament.
From then on, less than a year later, Wei Jia was given the title of Concubine Ling. ''Ling'' in Chinese means beauty and kindness, which indicates Wei Jia's image in Qianlong's eyes and expresses his love and respect for her.
Due to Qianlong's preference for Concubine Ling, she was canonized almost every few years, and also gave birth to six children for Qianlong, two daughters and four sons, of which Yongyan was the later Jiaqing Emperor, who had the most children in the Qing Dynasty.
Although Concubine Ling frequently became pregnant and gave birth to children, she was the one who followed Qianlong the most, because she always accompanied the emperor, so her children were brought up by her adoptive mother.
After Concubine Ling's death, Qianlong ordered her to be buried in his tomb and placed on the right side of his coffin, second only to Empress Fucha, and was posthumously honored as Empress Xiaoyichun.
Throughout the ages, in the matter of male-female relations, the women that men like are not necessarily the kind of women with high education, high IQ and high ability, and those maverick women with distinct personalities may be more favored by men.
Men like their unruliness, once conquered they will bring a great sense of accomplishment to men, and the weakness they later show also makes men think of protecting them, and seeing their adoring eyes is the happiest moment for men.
We all have to learn to be the most authentic of ourselves, there is no need to imitate others, everyone has their own cuteness, and there will be people who appreciate her and be impressed by her.