In ancient China, there was a situation of "son preference" in most families, and this situation was even more serious in the royal palace. Every woman in the harem hoped that she would be able to give birth to a son, so that the mother would rely on her son to get the favor and glory of the emperor, so the princesses were not valued. However, there was a woman in the Qing Dynasty who became the favorite concubine of the Qianlong Emperor at the age of 28, but she accidentally killed the palace maid and was demoted, and surprisingly, she successfully regained her favor with her daughter in only 2 months.
She is concubine Wang, who was born in Manchuria and was wrapped in a white flag. Those familiar with the history of the Qing Dynasty should know that although the "wrapping clothes" of the Qing Dynasty also belonged to the Eight Banners, they were born to serve the royal family and the nobility, so the birth of the Wang family was not high. Fortunately, she was still eligible to participate in the queen concubine draft and entered the palace smoothly with Qianlong at the age of 28. At that time, she was only 17 years old, and Qianlong was already 53 years old, and several powerful concubines in high positions in the harem had long passed away, so her life was still relatively stable.
When she first entered the palace, she was full of expectations for life in the harem. She had thought that she was young and beautiful, and she would inevitably be favored by the emperor, but she did not expect that the emperor was not interested in her, and only named her "eternal presence", and then did not take care of her. Her family was lowly and unattractive, so she had to live in obscurity in the harem. Over time, she understood that she wanted to gain a foothold in the harem and could only rely on others.
Every woman in the harem wanted to be favored by the emperor, so the emperor was always surrounded by all kinds of warblers and swallows. She knew that she did not have any advantages to compete with others, so she thought of a way to make a good relationship with her "mother-in-law" empress. Therefore, when other women stayed by the emperor's side, she came to the empress dowager to do filial piety, so the empress dowager was very fond of her. Later, when the emperor came to greet the empress dowager, the empress dowager personally recommended her to the emperor and praised her.
With the help of the empress dowager, she did get the favor of the emperor, who ordered her to be named "Yongguiren", and soon after she was named "Concubine", so that at the age of 28, she became the emperor's favorite concubine. A few years later, the emperor was very fond of her and named her a "concubine". Even more fortunately, she gave birth to a daughter shortly after. At that time, the emperor had already reached his twilight years, and was very happy to see his daughter born, and later made an exception to name his daughter "Princess Gulun and Filial Piety".
The daughter born to wang was extremely intelligent since childhood, and looked very similar to Qianlong, so the emperor was more fond of his daughter, and once lamented that if the princess was a boy, she must be allowed to inherit the throne in the future. With his daughter, Wang's status in the harem has become extremely high, and his personality and temperament have become more and more arrogant. Once, when she was teaching her subordinates, she actually beat a palace maid to death, which was an unforgivable mistake in the palace.
When Qianlong found out, he was furious and directly demoted her to the throne, and also placed her daughter in the palace of other concubines, not allowing their mother and daughter to meet. But the princess had been crying and crying since she left the Wang family, and Qianlong saw that her daughter was so reluctant to her mother, so she had to reunite their mother and daughter, and in order to let the Wang family take good care of the princess, she was reinstated in only two months. It can be seen from this that Qianlong attaches great importance to the daughter born to the Wang family, which is also a rare situation in the harem of "mothers relying on daughters and nobles".
Source: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty