In the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty", Rongfei was depicted as a concubine who was very favored by Kangxi, in fact, Kangxi's favorite concubine was not only Rongfei, in addition to Rongfei, there were also Huifei, Yifei and Defei, and the first of the four concubines was Huifei.
The mystery of the life
There are many theories about Huifei's origins, for example, in some film and television dramas, it is said that she is the cousin of NaranJande, and the two also have a certain affection. In the Yongxian Record, it is said that Huifei is the sister of Naran Mingzhu, that is, the aunt of Naran Sexde, of course, this is also wrong.
The third theory, which has long been recognized by many people, is that Huifei is a descendant of the Kintaishi of the Yehenara clan, and her father Thor and Naran Mingzhu are cousins, that is, Huifei is the cousin of Naran Mingzhu (Naran Sexde and Huifei are cousins). In fact, with the discovery of new historical materials, this statement is also incorrect.
In fact, Princess Hui was not from the Yehenara clan, but from the Uranara clan, and belonged to the same clan as The Great Princess Abahai (mother of Dolgun), Consort Taizong (mother of Hauge), and Empress Sejong Xiaojingxian. However, Princess Hui was not a direct descendant of the lord of the Ula Kingdom, so her family lineage was average, just a slave of the Yellow Banner, and her father, Thor He, was only a Wupinlang.
Phoenix Nirvana
The Kangxi Dynasty attached great importance to birth, which also determined that at the beginning, the status of Concubine Hui in the harem would not be very high. In the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, Princess Hui was only a gege in the harem, that is, a concubine without a title. Although she was not from a high birth, Princess Hui came into contact with Kangxi very early, and in the ninth year of Kangxi and the eleventh year of Kangxi, she gave birth to two princes, one named Chengqing and the other named Yin Zhen. Chengqing only lived for two years before he died, and Yin Zhen successfully supported him, and ordered tooth to become the eldest son of the emperor.
Huifei, who gave birth to two princes in a row, was undoubtedly favored by Kangxi, which gave her the capital to be promoted in the harem, and in the sixteenth year of Kangxi, Huifei was crowned as Hui concubine, and four years later, she went further and promoted to Huifei, ranking first among the four concubines.
Although Princess Hui was never promoted after twenty years in the Kangxi Dynasty, she held the power of the harem for a period of time. It was in the thirty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty, after the death of Concubine Wen, there were no empresses, imperial concubines, and noble concubines in the harem, and the first to be ranked was Huifei, so during this time, the affairs of the harem of the Qing Dynasty were handled by Huifei. It was not until the 39th year of the Kangxi Dynasty that Tong was crowned as a noble concubine, and the power of the harem was transferred from Huifei to the name of the noble concubine Tong.
His old age was miserable
Before kangxi died, he left an edict saying that after a hundred years, those concubines who were older and had children could go out of the palace to live with their sons. However, Huifei is very entangled, why?
First of all, Princess Hui's only surviving biological son, the eldest son of the Emperor Yin, was imprisoned by Kangxi within a high wall during the Kangxi 47th year of the deposing of the crown prince, and was not released after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne. Secondly, Princess Hui also had an adopted son, he was the Eighth Brother Yin, although Yin Yu was named the Prince of Lian by Yongzheng, but he was Yongzheng's sworn enemy, and it was sooner or later that he would fall.
But no matter what, Princess Hui was still ordered to leave the palace and came to live in the adopted son Yin Yu Mansion. Sure enough, after only four years, Yin Yu was imprisoned and then died in the seclusion. Orphaned, Princess Hui had to return to the palace, and although she was the favored concubine of the former emperor, Princess Hui knew that she was already an old woman who was not welcomed.
On the seventh day of the first month of April in the tenth year of Yongzheng, Princess Hui died of illness in the palace, and two years later, her son Yin Zhen also died in Yousuo, and the mother and son never saw each other in the last years of their lives.
References: Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Eternal Constitution