The harem of the ancient emperor, there are many beautiful women, all beautiful as flowers, in order to get the emperor's favor, just having a look is far from enough, but also need to have their own unique skills, such as a certain cultural accomplishment, such as pleasing the emperor and so on. The Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty had a concubine who gained favor with a unique skill and endured for a long time, she was the Pure Yi Emperor's noble concubine.
In the forty-second year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi rewarded a 14-year-old girl to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan (雍正), a young girl with the surname Geng and her father's name was Geng Dejin, who was a steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What is the head of the internal management collar, in fact, is the head of a certain department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but in any case, it is also an official, much stronger than those idle people who have no power and no position, during the Qing Dynasty, if you have no power and no position, it is difficult to enter the palace to be a palace girl, let alone become a concubine of the emperor.
Although Geng was from the Sindku clan, her father was an internal governor, which made her stand out in the Draft of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and become a palace maid. However, Kangxi did not leave Geng behind, but gave it to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, and asked her to serve at Yin Chan's side. Although Geng's appearance is not very outstanding, her figure is very fit.
In addition, Geng also has a skill that other women do not have, that is, she can drink, not only can drink, but also the amount of alcohol is not bad, so she can often accompany Yin Chan to have a few drinks, after a drink, unexpected things will naturally happen, so after a drink, Geng Shi became Yin Chan's concubine, called Gege.
Fifty years after the Kangxi Dynasty, the 22-year-old Geng gave birth to a big fat boy for Yin Chan, who was Yin Chan's fifth son, named Hongzhi, the later Prince of He. It was said that this Hongzhi had been born from a young age, and he was clever and clever, which made Yin Chan love this son very much, and Geng's position in the Yong King's Mansion became more and more stable.
Sure enough, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he made the Geng clan a concubine, and the only ones before her were empress dowager Uranara, Guifei Nianshi, Qi concubine Li and Xi concubine Niuhulu. Moreover, in the following years, the noble concubine Nian ShiXiang died, the third son of the emperor Washu fell out of favor and was imprisoned to death, and his birth mother Concubine Qi was also implicated and never promoted again. In contrast, Concubine Xi and Concubine Geng were promoted, and both of them were promoted to Concubine Xi and Concubine Yu in the eighth year of Yongzheng, becoming the first and second figures in the harem of the Qing Dynasty.
Geng's son Hongzhi was also made the Prince of He in the twelfth year of Yongzheng, and after Qianlong succeeded to the throne, the Geng clan was treated favorably, and was awarded two honorary titles, namely Emperor Kaoyu Guifei and Emperor Kaoyu Imperial Concubine. Moreover, the relationship between geng and empress Xiaoshengxian, the birth mother of the Qianlong Emperor, was also very good, and the two of them talked and chatted in Shoukang Palace in their spare time, which can be said to have enjoyed the blessings of Qing.
Qianlong forty-nine years in December, Geng finally completed his life, at the age of 96, unconsciously, Geng set a record, she became Yongzheng's longest-lived concubine, Qianlong gave the title of Pure Yi Emperor Concubine, buried her in the Tailing Concubine Garden, because the Dunsu Emperor Noble Concubine Nian was buried in the Tailing Underground Palace, so the Pure Yi Emperor Noble Concubine Geng Became the highest ranking concubine in the Tailing Concubine Garden.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty, Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family