The woman who was posthumously honored as an imperial concubine by the Jiaqing Emperor was the favored Han concubine in the Qianlong harem
The harem promotion system of the Qing Dynasty was very strict, especially the Kangxi Emperor, who paid great attention to the origin of the harem women's daughters and strictly followed their birth ranks, especially for Han women. Kangxi's Shunyi concubine Wang Shi (王氏), who had given birth to three princes for Kangxi, was supposed to be a concubine of her mother, but Kangxi came strictly according to the hierarchy of her Jin titles, and only in the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi, she was crowned a concubine of the Wang clan. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he honored her as a secret concubine.
Qianlong was much more flexible than Kangxi's acting according to the rules, and after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, many new Han girls were added to the harem, including those of the Qianlong Emperor
Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine Lu Shi, this woman was named a noble person in the fifth year of Qianlong, and in the sixteenth year of Qianlong, she was promoted to concubine, and later promoted to concubine and noble concubine.
Judging from the high-standard arrangements made by the Qianlong Emperor for her funeral after the death of The Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine Lu Shi, although Lu Shi had no children in her lifetime, she was deeply favored by the Qianlong Emperor.
After the birth of the fifteenth prince Yongyan, Empress Xiaoyichun of the Wei Jia clan was still an imperial concubine at the time, and she was not in good health, so the Qianlong Emperor handed Yongyan over to Qingfei Lu to raise. Because he had been raised by the Lu clan, Yong yan, after four years of succession, ordered his adoptive mother Lu Shi to be posthumously named an imperial concubine, which was equivalent to raising a rank for the Lu clan and improving her status.
In addition, after the Jiaqing Emperor took power, he raised the flag for his adoptive mother Lu's family and reused Lu's relatives. This woman, who had never had children in her life, was posthumously honored by the imperial concubine because of the succession of her adopted son, and she was also a relatively fortunate woman in the Qianlong harem.
Some people questioned Qianlong's favor for Lu Shi, in fact, judging from the fact that Lu Shi had no children in her lifetime, she should have been very miserable in the harem, but this was not the case. Her lifelong promotion had nothing to do with her children, she was awarded by her own favor.
Thirty-three years after Qianlong, Lu Shi was promoted to a noble concubine, one rank lower than the then Empress Xiaoyi Chun Wei Jia, at this moment the harem Concubine Yu and others have not yet been promoted, still in the concubine position, which shows that this Qing Guifei Lu Clan has a superiority, deeply favored by Qianlong, plus a good relationship with Xiaoyi Chun Empress Wei Jia, ranking second in the harem.
After the death of Qing Guifei Lu, Qianlong issued an order:
On the fifteenth day of this month, The fifth day of the death of The Noble Concubine Xue. The sixth son of the emperor, the eighth son of the emperor, the twelfth son of the emperor, the fifteenth son of the emperor, the king Hengchang of Jishuncheng County, and the king of Mianlunguo County, Wang Yongyao, and the ninth princess of the county wore filial piety. And the Emperor's Sixth Son, the Imperial Household Minister of the Imperial Household Department, Jin Jian and the Prime Minister's Funeral, all the matters that should be carried out. Each of the gates is observed to perform the example. ”
It is not difficult to see from this that the Qianlong Emperor was also very affectionate to this childless Han concubine, on the other hand, it also shows the high status of Qing Guifei Lu in the harem.
After the Jiaqing Emperor succeeded to the throne, because Qianlong Zen became the Emperor Taishang, he did not immediately posthumously crown his adoptive mother Qing Guifei Lu Shi, but the day after Qianlong's death, he ordered his adoptive mother Lu Shi to be posthumously named as an imperial concubine.
At this point, this Han woman completed the promotion that other Eight Banners women had not completed, and became the imperial concubine of the Qianlong Dynasty.
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