From ancient times to modern society, there are many people from low births who turn over salted fish, and even can deduce the legend of "flying up the branches and becoming phoenix", today the author wants to talk about a woman who realizes the counterattack of life, but the process of counterattack is really difficult! This woman was a noble concubine of the Qianlong harem.
Regarding the family lineage of The Noble Concubine Chen, there is no record in the historical records, the historical data show that her father's name is Chen Yanzhang, and her father has no official position or title, so it is very likely that Chen shi is a Han woman from the folk, so why did she become Qianlong's concubine?
It is said that during the Kang Yongqian period, some foreign officials (mostly in the Jiangnan region) had the tradition of offering beautiful women to the imperial court, for example, there were many Han concubines in the harem of the late Kangxi Dynasty, and this situation still existed in the Yongzheng Dynasty, and the Chen clan may be the beauties of the foreign officials to the imperial court, but Yongzheng did not include it in his harem, but gave the Chen clan to his son Hongli, the later Qianlong Emperor, around the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730).
Because Chen's origin was too low, her status around Hongli was not high, and she was just a waiter's maid, who occasionally served the master. After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, the women around him became the imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty, and the Chen clan was naturally no exception, although Qianlong did not attach much importance to the Chen clan, but after all, it was his own woman, and he would also give the corresponding name, Qianlong First Year, Chen Clan Seal Chen Chang Zai, Qianlong Second Year, Chen Clan Seal Chen Guiren.
In March of the thirteenth year of Qianlong, Empress Xiaoxian died, Qianlong made a large-scale transfer of harem personnel, in this transfer, Chen shi finally obtained the position of the head of the inner court, was promoted to a concubine, in the process of selecting the title, Qianlong selected the word "wan" from the three words "wan, xun, ying", through this title, it can be seen that Chen should be a woman with a gentle personality.
However, what is unexpected is that since this promotion, the Chen clan has become a poor person who has been forgotten by the emperor in a corner of the harem, decades of ups and downs, the harem flowers blossom and fall, sending away a group of old people, and ushering in a group of new people, the only constant is the position of the Chen clan, she has always been a concubine, for all this, obviously Chen Shi also looked down, she understands that in the harem of the stormy clouds, it is really rare to be able to settle down, jun did not see the hair cut on the way to the south to end up in a tragic cold palace?
Fifty-nine years after Qianlong, Qianlong, who was about to abdicate, made one last promotion to the woman who had been with him for a long time, at this time, Qianlong suddenly discovered that there was an old person in the harem, she was Chen, so Qianlong issued a holy decree to make Chen Shi jin a concubine, and it has to be said that this concubine did not come easily, and has made Chen wait for 46 years.
Five years after Jiaqing, Princess Yinggui died of illness, and looking at the entire harem of the Qing Dynasty, Chen became the oldest and highest ranking concubine of Emperor Gaozong (Qianlong), so Jiaqing ordered Chen to be honored as a graceful princess, and at that time, Chen was already an 85-year-old woman. Six years later, Chen finally came to the end of his life, left the imperial palace where he had lived for nearly 80 years, at the age of 92, she became qianlong's longest-lived concubine, and it is said that after his death, Jiaqing personally came to Ji'an to pay tribute to this old concubine, also out of respect for this concubine.
Note: In the eighth year of Yongzheng, Chen entered the Qianlong Qiandi as a concubine (concubine), and by the fourth year of Jiaqing, emperor Qianlong died, Qianlong and Chen had been married for about 70 years.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Manuscript of the Concubines of the Qing Dynasty