The Qing Dynasty royal family has a custom, the crown prince will be given a certain number of handmaidens by the emperor before marriage, these handmaidens are in the palace women's draft stand out, most of them will be accepted by the prince as a concubine, if the lucky one gives birth to a child to the prince, there may also be given the title of side Fujin, today the author is going to talk about a maid that Yongzheng rewarded to his son Qianlong.
One day in the early years of the Yongzheng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the Yongzheng Emperor ordered a reward to some of the envoys of the Four Brothers, and among these envoys was a Jin woman, who was a clothed woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his father was Jin Sanbao, the secretary of the Shangsi Yuan. At that time, the fourth brother Hongli was not yet married, and the Jin clan was only a 14-year-old girl, and soon after coming to Hongli's side, the outstanding-looking Jin clan was included in the pocket of Hongli and included as a concubine, called Gege.
In the fifth year of Yongzheng, after some selection, Yongzheng finally assigned his son Hongli the title of Concubine Fujin, who was from the fucha clan, the daughter of the famous gate with the yellow flag, that is, the later Empress Xiaoxian. In addition to the Fucha clan of The Fucha clan of The Concubine, hongli was accompanied by eight or nine concubines, including the Jin clan.
In September of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, Prince Hongli of Bao ascended the throne at the Taihe Temple, and changed his era name to Qianlong in the following year. After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, the Jin clan entered the palace with other concubines, and soon she received the first concubine title in her life: Jin Guiren. Although the Jin clan did not show the mountains and dew during the Qianlong period when he was the crown prince, since Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he became more and more fond of her, often making her attendants, and after only two years, Qianlong decided to crown the Jin clan as a concubine and the title of Jia Concubine.
The booklet reads as follows:
"Er guijin, early Yu famous door." The degree of gentleness and courtesy. Long-term internal work. Be respectful and cautious. I hereby honor the Empress Dowager's edict. He was enthroned as a concubine. Erqi elephant obeys and accepts. Humble and blessed. Hongxi Yonghe. Mao Dun shun condensed auspiciously. Thanks. ”
It is said that since the Jin clan was made a concubine, Qianlong was even more fond of her, and the Jin clan also lived up to expectations, and gave birth to the first prince since Qianlong succeeded to the throne in the fourth year of Qianlong, that is, the fourth son of the emperor, Yongjun. In order to praise the Bonus Clan, Qianlong promoted her to the title of Jia Concubine, and at that time, Jin's father, Jin Sanbao, made a special thanksgiving for this, and mentioned that Jin was his eldest daughter.
After that, the favor of the Jin clan continued unabated, and in the eleventh year of Qianlong, he gave birth to the eighth son of the emperor, Yongxuan, and two years later, Empress Xiaoxian died of illness, and Qianlong made personnel adjustments to the harem, and promoted the Jin clan to jia guifei. At this time, the Jin clan can be said to be full of spirit, even her family has been blessed by the emperor, Jin's brother Jin Jian was promoted to the head of the internal affairs office by the pen and paste, and then became a member of the internal affairs office, and began his career as a eunuch, and the Jin family was also ordered by Qianlong to pull out the coat and carry it into the Shangsan Banner.
After that, the Jin clan lived up to the emperor's favor and gave birth to Qianlong's ninth son and the emperor's eleventh son, Yong Yao, which made her the concubine who gave Qianlong the most births. In July of the seventeenth year of Qianlong, less than eight years after giving birth to the eleventh son of the Emperor, Yong Yao, the Jin clan accompanied Qianlong and his successors to attend the ceremony of consecration of Empress Xiaoxian, The Noble Concubine of the Huixian Emperor, and the Noble Concubine of the Emperor Zhexian, and visited the underground palace of the Qianlong Yuling Tomb, which shows that the Jin clan at that time had been tacitly accepted by Qianlong as one of the concubines buried in the imperial tomb.
Unexpectedly, however, over the next three years, Jin's health deteriorated, and finally died in the twentieth year of Qianlong, according to the Imperial Dynasty Classics, Jin died of malaria, that is, a disease caused by high temperatures or abnormal rises in body temperature. After the death of the Jin clan, Qianlong posthumously honored him as the noble concubine of the Shujia Emperor, and specially added 18 pieces of honor for him, and two years later, the Shujia Emperor's noble concubine Jin Shi was buried in the Yuling Underground Palace.
In the first month of the twenty-third year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor decreed that the surname of the mother of the noble concubine of the Shujia Emperor should be changed to the JinJia clan.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Imperial Classics