Speaking of this concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor, everyone is more familiar with Zhen Guifei, Yi Guifei, or Li Concubine. However, these were not Xianfeng's earliest concubines, Xianfeng's earliest concubines were a slave born in a wrapping, and she was Yun Concubine.
Concubine Wu Jia was a dressed woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who belonged to the Yellow Flag Cloak, and her father Wu De was just a soldier. Therefore, from the perspective of family lineage alone, Wu Jia did not even have the opportunity to be a palace maid, but she won the trust of the Daoguang Emperor with her outstanding appearance and came to a prince, who was the fourth son of Daoguang, YiXuan, the later Xianfeng Emperor.
In the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang, shortly after Yixuan's marriage, Daoguang gave the Wujia clan to Yixuan as an official woman, that is, a servant around him. Because of this, Wu Jia's father, Wu De, also received benefits, and soon obtained the position of consul, which was considered to have a decent errand.
Shortly after the New Year of the thirty years of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor, who had just sent away Empress Gongci, also passed away, and within a month, two key figures of the Qing Empire left, and the fourth son of the emperor, YiXuan, who was only 20 years old, was ordered to inherit the throne, changed his year name to Xianfeng, and looked forward to the prosperity of every household and the peace of the country, but the truth was not as Xianfeng hoped, and soon after he succeeded to the throne, Hong Xiuquan raised the banner of anti-Qing.
In fact, before Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, his concubine Fu Jin Sakda clan had died, and the new draft could not be held, so looking at the harem of the Qing Dynasty at that time, there was only one concubine of the Wu Jia clan. Soon, the Wu Jia clan received the title of Yun Guiren.
In the second year of Xianfeng, Xianfeng held his first draft since succeeding to the throne, and four new people entered the palace, including the later Ci'an, Cixi, and Zhuang Jing Emperor's concubines (Li Concubines). However, at that time, except for Ci'an, who was made a concubine as a preparatory empress, the other three were all nobles, and at the same time, Wu Jia was also crowned as a concubine. Therefore, at that time, the Wujia clan occupied the second place in the harem, and the status was higher than that of the later Cixi, who was langui at that time.
Although wu jia's status is higher, but her origin is not good, coupled with the fact that she has not been able to give birth to children for Xianfeng, while the Lan Gui and Li Gui people who have just entered the palace are not only young, but also beautiful, and have a good birth. Therefore, the Xianfeng Emperor slowly shifted his attention to these two people, and the Wujia clan was gradually snubbed, which greatly affected the physical health of the Wujia clan, and she was depressed and gradually lost weight.
On the fourth day of the first month of the fifth year of Xianfeng, just a few days after the New Year, the news came out of the palace that The Concubine Wu Jia had died in the palace, and this concubine, who had only been in the palace for five years, had hurriedly completed her life, and it was estimated that when Wu Jia died, she was about twenty years old.
After the death of wu jia, Xianfeng immediately made arrangements for his funeral, and also arranged for Yi concubines, wan concubines, and Ming Changzai to pay tribute to Wu Jia's clan, and the concubines here were the later famous empress dowager Cixi.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Wenzong of the Qing Dynasty, Archives of the Qing Palace