She was incorporated into the harem by Shunzhi at the age of 13, fortunately served the emperor, gave birth to a prince at the age of 14, she lost her husband at the age of 22, but her son was fortunate to inherit the throne of the Qing Dynasty, and she became the empress dowager admired by all. However, all this was just an empty dream, and two years later, she died and left the Forbidden City where she had lived for ten years...
The harem during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty was the world of Mongolian women, but Shunzhi was more disgusted with these Mongolian concubines, and often favored some low-ranking concubines, so none of the high-ranking Mongolian concubines gave birth to children for Shunzhi, but those low concubines gave birth continuously, and among these concubines, the most fortunate was a Tong woman.
The Decade of Shunzhi was an extraordinary year for the Great Qing Dynasty, when Shunzhi deposed the original empress Borjigit, and subsequently, Empress Xiaozhuang selected a princess from her mother's Horqin department, who was Xiaozhuang's niece and granddaughter, the later Empress Xiaohuizhang.
At the same time, this year, a number of new concubines were also selected in the palace, including a Tong woman, who was the daughter of Tong Tulai of The True Erzhen of Gushan, The Blue Banner. It is said that this Tong Clan is a flag girl from the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army, who was selected into the harem because of her outstanding appearance. However, because Tong was born in the Han Army Banner, her status in the harem was relatively low, only Xiao Fujin, which was roughly equivalent to the later Chang zai.
At that time, Tong Was only thirteen years old, at the time of Miao's age, and his appearance was also petite and lovely, which made people see pity on me, and not long after entering the palace, Tong was summoned by the Shunzhi Emperor. Unexpectedly, it was this time that Zhao Xing made Tong Shi pregnant with the emperor's child.
One day in the spring of the eleventh year of Shunzhi, Tong Went to Ask Empress Xiaozhuang for peace, and when he was leaving, Xiaozhuang saw that Tong's clothes were shining, as if there was a dragon coiled around, so he inquired about it, and only then did he know that it was Tong who was pregnant. Therefore, Xiao Zhuang said happily: "I think that when I was pregnant with the emperor, it was also like this, it seems that the child in Tong's belly must be very blessed." ”
Sure enough, it wasn't long before Tong gave birth to a young prince in Gyeongin Palace, the third eldest among Shunzhi's many sons, and named xuan ye. However, due to tong's low status in the harem, Xuan Ye was just an ordinary prince and did not have any advantage over other princes.
Moreover, it did not take long for Shunzhi to fall in love with Concubine Dong, who also gave birth to the fourth son of the emperor, who was called the "first son" by Shunzhi and could be said to be the best choice for the heir to the throne. At the same time, the third brother Xuan Ye suddenly contracted smallpox and had to be sent out of the palace, and Tong's heart was full of anxiety, but there was no other way but to pray for her son. But fortunately, the third brother Xuan Ye was favored by heaven and survived smoothly, and Tong's hanging heart finally let go.
However, after that, the Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty did not calm down, first the four brothers born to Dong Efei died tragically, then the Xiang Yuyu of Dong Efei, who was loved by thousands of people, and finally the 24-year-old Shunzhi Emperor died in smallpox. Before the Shunzhi Emperor died, he passed the throne to Xuan Ye, the third brother who successfully defeated the pox demon, and the Qing Dynasty entered the Kangxi era.
After Xuan Ye succeeded to the throne, the Tong clan was honored by an ordinary concubine and was honored as the Empress Dowager of the Virgin Mary, with the insignia of Cihe. However, what is unexpected is that only two years later, Tong Died in the Qing Palace, only 23 years old, and was buried with the Shunzhi Emperor in the Xiaoling Underground Palace. Later, after the addition of the three emperors of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, Tong's full titles were: Xiao Kangci and Zhuang Yi Gonghui Wen Mu Duanjing Chongtianyu Shengzhang Empress,
In the eighth year of Kangxi, Kangxi ordered that the mother Tong clan be carried from the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army to the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, and later in the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, the Tong Clan was carried from the Yellow Banner of the Han Army to the Yellow Banner of Manchuria, and thus the Qing Dynasty Concubines raised the flag from Empress Xiaokangzhang.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty