In recent years, the Qing Palace drama has allowed us to see the wars between women in the high-walled green tiles without gun smoke, although they are far from being as tragic as on the battlefield, but they are also filled with the smell of bloody rain and wind, which more reflect the intrigues between women, without losing their wonderful and extraordinary places. Today, I want to talk about a concubine of the Yongzheng Harem, who was found after seven years of death, which can be called the most miserable concubine in the Yongzheng Harem.
First of all, let's talk about the pattern of the Yongzheng Harem.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, the earliest batch of concubines in the Qing harem were Fu Jin and Gege of Yongzheng Qiandi, who included Empress Xiaojingxian, Empress Xiaoshengxian, Concubine Dunsu, Concubine Qi, Concubine Chunyi, and Concubine Mao.
As you can see, Yongzheng is relatively stingy in terms of canonizing concubines, and most of the concubines above the concubines are old people in the submerged residence, which shows that Yongzheng is a more emotional and follows the ancestral system, and will not indiscriminately seal concubines because of personal preferences. So, what kind of existence is Ma Changzai?
Ma Chang's family lineage is unknown, but it is known that he appeared in the Qing Palace in July of the seventh year of Yongzheng, and was given the title of Promise, which was called Ma Promise.
Judging from Ma Changzai's initial seal, she is most likely a coated woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and this kind of wrapped woman has the custom of participating in the palace women's draft to serve in the palace, so Ma Chang's earliest identity should be a palace girl.
Perhaps it was because Ma Chang had a hint of posture, after entering the palace, she actually got the favor of the Yongzheng Emperor, from a slave to a small lord, and, just after Ma Chang had promised to be in the fifth year (the first month of the eighth year of Yongzheng), she was promoted to Changzai, called Ma Changzai. This shows that during this time, Ma Changzai was very favored.
However, in the same year, Yongzheng had a serious illness, which was extremely serious and lasted for a long time, almost taking Yongzheng's life. Unexpectedly, Yongzheng was cured in the second half of the second half of the second year (Yongzheng Ninth Year). However, after recovering from a serious illness, Yongzheng seemed to forget that Ma Changzai was there, and as a result, Ma Changzai did not give birth to children for Tianzi and did not get promoted again.
In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, the Yongzheng Emperor died, and the young Ma Chang became a widow in an instant, because she did not give birth to children for Yongzheng, so she did not receive the honorific title of Qianlong, and the position was still permanent. However, fortunately, Ma Changzai's mentality is good, which also ensures her physical health to a certain extent.
On April 11, 33, Ma Chang died of illness in the palace, estimated to be about 55 years old. According to the palace regulations, the coffin of Ma Changzai needs to be placed in the funeral palace for a period of time, but it will not be too long. However, what people did not expect was that due to the negligence of the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ma Changzai's coffin was placed in the funeral palace for seven years, and it was not until the forty years of Qianlong that officials found that Ma Changzai had not yet been buried, so they reported this situation to Qianlong.
When Qianlong heard about this, Long Yan was furious, and it could be seen from it that the officials of the Great Qing Dynasty had neglected their duties, so Qianlong ordered that the relevant people be severely punished. Subsequently, Ma Chang was buried in the Taiyuan Concubine Garden, and was finally able to settle down.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Easy to Know Tombs