In the late Qianlong Dynasty, there was a very favored concubine in the harem, she was the concubine who gave birth to the ten princesses (Gu Lun and Princess Xiao), as everyone knows, at that time, Qianlong's favor was not only one concubine, at least one, she was 37 years younger than Qianlong, but what is lamentable is that this concubine who was once beautiful for a while somehow provoked Qianlong, was demoted two levels in a row, and died in the Cold Palace.
Princess Shun came from the first family of foreign relatives of the Qing Dynasty, with a yellow flag of the Niu HuLu clan, her great-grandfather was the Kangxi Dynasty's auxiliary chancellor Shu Bilong, and her grandfather was Yin De, the sixth son of Shu Bilong. In fact, during the Kangxi Dynasty, the title of Shu Bilong was inherited by the seventh son, Aling'a, but this Aling'a was a down-to-earth Eight-Master Party, so after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he mercilessly liquidated his uncle's Aling'a family and gave the Duke of Aling'a to Yin De, so from the Yongzheng Dynasty onwards, the Yin De family became a new favorite.
Princess Shunfei's father was named AiBi da, who had served as the governor of many provinces, but later Ai Bi Da was assigned to serve in the Ili army because of his protection of his subordinates, and Shun Fei entered the palace by participating in the Eight Flags Draft in the thirty-first year of Qianlong, when her father Ai Bi Da was still in Yili, her mood could be imagined, but soon after Shun Fei entered the palace, her father Ai Bi Da was transferred back to the Beijing Division, which was considered to be the light of her daughter.
Thirty-one years after Qianlong, the 19-year-old Concubine Shun entered the palace, when Qianlong was already an old man who was almost 60 years old, and qianlong could have such a newcomer with a strong background enter the palace, not to mention how happy Qianlong was. However, perhaps there was another reason for Concubine Shun's entry into the palace, when Qianlong was already dying in the Cold Palace, and it was inevitable to establish a new queen, Qianlong's mother, Empress Chongqing (Empress Xiaoshengxian), advocated choosing a new person among the Eight Banners to succeed to the throne in the middle palace, this person was obviously Shunfei, because Shunfei was the nephew of Empress Chongqing.
However, Qianlong did not make Concubine Shun empress, but made her a Shungui, but the concubine who had just entered the palace was still very favored, often following Qianlong to Mulan to hunt, and in only two years she was crowned as a Concubine shun and began to rise in the harem.
However, even if Concubine Shun miscarried, Qianlong was still very fond of her, and the Qing Palace archives once recorded that Qianlong went out hunting and captured two pheasants, and Qianlong immediately ordered it to be sent back to the palace to raise her body for Concubine Shun, who was sick, and Princess Shun was very touched after receiving the pheasant, and immediately reported peace to the emperor. This incident can be seen that Qianlong has an extraordinary favor for Concubine Shun.
However, what is unexpected is that the sky is unpredictable, and people have bad luck.
In the first month of the fifty-third year of Qianlong, shortly after the New Year, Qianlong twice issued orders to demote Shunfei to Shun concubine and Shunguiren, and entered the cold palace, as for the reason for Shunfei's demotion, it is not recorded in the historical records. Judging from the degree of punishment this time, it is estimated that Shunfei's crime is not light, and after these two demotions, Shunfei gradually became depressed, and two years later, she died of illness in the palace at the age of 42.
In the last row of qianlong Yuling concubines' garden, there is an inconspicuous treasure roof, quite shabby, as everyone knows, buried under this treasure roof is the Shunfei who was once in the late Qianlong Dynasty, but at this moment, she has become a Shungui.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty