In people's impressions, Jiaqing was a very moderate emperor, after all, the title of Shoucheng Jun was not covered. At the same time, Jiaqing was also a benevolent emperor, so after his death, he received the temple title of Emperor Renzong. You can find that Jiaqing is generally good to the women in the harem, and it is almost impossible to see him demote a certain concubine, but Jiaqing does not have a woman who is overly pampered, which is in stark contrast to what emperor Taiji, Shunzhi, and Qianlong. However, no excessive pampering does not mean that there is no pampering, and the Concubine we are talking about in this article is one.
1. Sindhku woman
Princess Hua of the Hou Jia clan, year of birth unknown, was a subordinate of the Yellow Banner Pipe and the daughter of the Qing of the Shangsi Yuan.
Regarding the origin of Princess Hua, it has been made very clear that she is a clothed woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a yellow flag, and she also belongs to the wrapped pipe collar, which is what we call XinZhiku.
Princess Hua's original surname was Hou, the name LiuYou (a typical palace name), and the ancestor who entered the flag was Hou Youcai of the Shenyang clan at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that Jiaqing's birth mother, Empress Xiaoyi Chun (Concubine Ling), was also a Han chinese from Shenyang, and later entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
That is to say: Princess Hua and Empress Xiaoyichun were of the same origin, both were Xinzhiku people, and they were fellow villagers from Shenyang. Perhaps for this reason, Huafei is particularly close to Jiaqing.
It is said that after Hou Youcai entered the flag, he and his son Hou Shijie were idle people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, without any official positions, until Hou Youcai's grandchildren began to come out as officials.
Concubine Hua's father, named Qiuzhu, was Hou Youcai's great-grandson and became the secretary of the Shangsi Yuan. The so-called Shangsi Yuanqing is the official position in charge of the court horse, which is somewhat similar to the "Bow Ma Wen" made by Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West", but this official position is not low, it belongs to zheng sanpin, which is also the largest official produced by the Huafei family.
Since he was in charge of the imperial horse of the palace, that is to say, this begging should have the opportunity to contact the emperor, and there were more, once born, twice mature, perhaps this provided an opportunity for the daughter of the later begging, Concubine Hua, to come to Yongyan (Jiaqing) to serve.
According to Qianlong's forty-third year of "Adding Six Concubines to the Fifteenth Son of the Emperor and Adding Them to Eat food", this year, the daughter of the Yellow Banner Who kept the throne became a newly added official woman next to the Fifteenth Son of the Emperor, Yongyan, that is to say, Princess Huahou came to Jiaqing in the forty-third year of Qianlong, and she should have been about thirteen years old at the time.
2. Born the sixth daughter of the Emperor
Although Hou Shi was a Xinzhiku woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and had a low status, judging from the later title of "Hua Concubine", Hou Shi should be a very beautiful woman. Moreover, in the later concubine book, there are also relevant descriptions of "dividing cocoons and being diligent in women's duties", that is to say, Hou should also have a good hand of needlework, and the level of embroidery and weaving is relatively high.
Generally speaking, if the palace maid is better at needlework, then she must be popular in the harem, after all, sewing and repairing is a woman's business, and the emperor often lets this concubine, or the palace girl, sew and mend clothes.
At the beginning of the forty-third year of Qianlong, the 13-year-old Hou Shi participated in the palace women's selection held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she was successfully selected to stand out in all aspects and was immediately selected into the palace. However, Qianlong did not include Hou in his harem, nor did he leave him as a palace maid, but ordered him to serve the fifteenth son of the emperor, Yongyan, as an official woman.
In the face of this 13-year-old palace girl (official woman), like a flower like jade, looking still beautiful, how could Yong Yan not be moved, so he spoiled the Hou family. Since then, Hou shi has become Yong Yan's concubine (called Gege).
In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong, Yongyan Shuangxi came to the gate, and he was made the Prince of Jia by his father Qianlong, and at the same time, on June 12 of this year, gege houshi (六妞) gave birth to his sixth daughter, the sixth daughter of the emperor. However, the life of this little imperial daughter was not very good, and when she was about to turn one year old, she died of smallpox.
The impact of this birth on the Hou family was also very large, and later according to the palace pulse case, it was found that the Hou family had a lack of blood and qi, which should be the root of the disease left by this birth, which also became the root of her early death.
3. Jiaqing's pet concubine with a red face and a thin life
In the first month of the first year of Jiaqing, Jiaqing, who had just succeeded to the throne a few days ago, canonized the harem concubines, and also posthumously sealed three wives and concubines who were no longer alive, and the ones who were posthumously honored were Concubine Shu (Jiaqingyuan Side Fujin), Concubine Jian and Concubine Sun. Among those who were canonized were the Empress Kitara clan, the noble concubine Niu Hulu clan, the concubine Liu clan, the Ying concubine Hou clan, the Chun Chang in the Wang Jia clan (Zhuang Concubine), and the Rong Chang Zai (Rong Concubine) Liang clan.
In fact, Chun Chang was in the Wang Jia clan and Rong Chang was in the Liang clan, both of which were favored palace women after Jiaqing succeeded to the throne.
Before Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, there were only two official women around him, one was the birth mother of the emperor's eldest son Mu Junwang, that is, Liu Shi, who was crowned as a concubine, and the other was the birth mother of the sixth daughter of the emperor, who was crowned as a concubine of the Hou clan.
It can be seen that the Hou clan belonged to the fourth main throne in the harem in the early years of Jiaqing, and, only one year later, Empress Xiaoshu of the Middle Palace died, and the Hou clan became the third main throne, second only to the imperial concubine Niu Hulu (孝和皇后) and Concubine Xiao.
Ying Concubine Book:
"Pepper Ye Chenghua." Enter the Chongban yu Yue Yu. Shibahan Tin Life. Zhao Ling Fan Yu Xing Min. Ye Pei Xin Lun. Use the Maodian of Light. Erhou Jiashi. Be careful. Késhine Taught. Sasuke and Yoshiyoshi. Praise the Three Houses. Xi Qiongpei greeted Xiang Xiang. Staff Nine Room. Hereby assumes the throne as emperor. Empress Dowager. It is used as a concubine in the Golden Book. Erqi coat of arms. Xin Enjun worships at lan palace. Pious obedience. The same is inherited from Gui. Thanks. I hereby obey. Edict of the Emperor Taishang. Canonization ceremony was held. Shang Qi's respect is unspeakable. ”
According to the data, Jiaqing's canonization of the empress dowager is relatively small, not as generous as his father Qianlong's hand, Jiaqing's thirteen years of centralized canonization, or because of the addition of the new emperor's eldest son Yiwei. However, Hou was promoted within a few years of jiaqing's succession.
In the first month of the sixth year of Jiaqing, Jiaqing first issued an edict to crown Hou Shi as a Jing Concubine, but then may feel that this title is not very good, so it is changed to Hua Fei, "Hua" means gorgeous, handsome, can be said to match Hou's appearance. (Note: Jiaqing often changed the title of concubine)
At that time, the empress dowager (孝和皇后), who was sitting firmly in the middle palace, followed by concubines and concubines, that is to say, the Hou clan at this time was already on the same level as concubines and belonged to the second echelon.
HuaFei Album Text:
"The transformation of the pepper is the transformation of the chicken." Bi Lai Fang type. Lan Yu showed a soft voice. YiXiang Zhongqi. Yi Zhang Yunqia. Ceremonial awards. Concubine Hou of the Erying clan and endowed with jingzhuan. Be careful. Yin Cheng's night. MingHuan is in harmony with etiquette. Assist the court. Cocoon ke diligently women's duties. It is the use of Jin Feng'er as a concubine. Tin Book of Destiny. Erqiyi is respectful. Answer the favor of life. Miri is humble. The collection of the many. Thanks. ”
However, the continuous canonization did not make Hou's body much better, and after that, her physical condition became more and more intense, and gradually entered a state of accumulation and difficult to return. On June 28, 9009, Princess Hua died of illness in the palace, and it is estimated that the age should be around forty years old.
It is worth mentioning that after The death of Concubine Hua, Jiaqing personally came to the Ji'an Institute to pay tribute to her, which is obvious, which shows that Concubine Hua has a special place in Jiaqing's heart.
On the seventh day of the first month of February in the tenth year of Jiaqing, Princess Huahou was buried in the Changling Concubine Garden.
Why does the author think that Huafei is a woman who Jiaqing is very fond of?
First of all, after Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, she was consecutively crowned to the throne, and was crowned to the concubine position, ranking third in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, which was already very rare.
Secondly, although Concubine Hua only gave birth to a daughter to Jiaqing and was unable to have children again, it was obvious that she was weak and did not have the conditions to become pregnant.
Finally, after Princess Huafei's death, Jiaqing personally paid tribute, which also explained her position in Jiaqing's heart to a certain extent.
Zichen said:
Although Princess Huahou's origin was not good, she was from Xin Zhiku, but she had the honor of coming to Jiaqing to serve, which was her blessing. More fortunately, Concubine Hua gave birth to a daughter for Jiaqing, even if this daughter died prematurely, it was also very important to consolidate her position in the harem, after all, Jiaqing's sons, in addition to the eldest son of the emperor who died early, were only four.
Unfortunately, Princess Hua fell ill due to childbirth and eventually died early, otherwise, I believe that in the thirteen-year canonization of Jiaqing, her name will still appear, in that case, she should be Hua Guifei. But life will always have shortcomings, after all, an imperfect life is the most real life.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Renzong of the Qing Dynasty, General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans