She was a palace girl of low birth, but she had the honor of serving the empress dowager, she was fortunate to be favored by Qianlong, but she was demoted twice in eight years, however, it was unexpected that the empress dowager's words won the emperor's favor, gave birth to the youngest princess, and became qianlong's favorite concubine in her later years...
In the palace women's draft at the beginning of the twenty-eighth year of Qianlong, there was a woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs Zhengbaiqi, Wang Shi, who was only 17 years old, although the Wang family was born in the coat, but the Wang family to which he belonged was a famous family of the interior ministry, and his father was also an official to the capital, and he was a member of the imperial court, and such a birth was outstanding among all the palace women.
In fact, during the Qing Dynasty, the palace women were also divided into three, six, nine, etc., and those from low births would do some rough work, such as cleaning the courtyard, serving tea and pouring water, etc., and those with higher births would serve some higher concubines and concubines, and even possibly serve the empress dowager and empress, it is obvious that the Wang clan belongs to the latter. Soon after Wang entered the palace, Qianlong sent him to serve the empress dowager, and during the service, Wang was well-behaved and clever, and was deeply loved by the empress.
After the empress dowager loved it, she would naturally mention this clever handmaiden around her son Qianlong, so Qianlong spoiled the Wang clan, and the Wang clan had to be sealed changzai, saying that yongchang was there.
It is generally believed that from the twenty-eighth year of Qianlong when Wang entered the palace to the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong who was promoted to a concubine, in these eight years, the Wang clan was not favored by Qianlong, although some were also named nobles, but according to the archives, during this period, Wang also had two demotion experiences, which shows that Qianlong would often beat up this woman who was proud of the favor of the empress dowager.
In the thirtieth year of Qianlong, Qianlong took six concubines, including Empress Chongqing and his successor, on a fourth tour of the south, and Wang Shi, who was always present at the time, was one of the concubines accompanying him. During the southern tour, Wang witnessed the process of falling into the abyss by cutting his hair and falling into the abyss, and saw the dragon power of Tianzi, but from his later experience, it was obvious that Wang did not learn from it.
Although in the first eight years of entering the palace, Qianlong has always been lukewarm to the Wang family, but the empress dowager loves the Wang family, and naturally will often say a few kind words for her son Qianlong, so Qianlong began to re-examine this woman, and suddenly found that this Wang family still has many advantages, such as pleasing people and so on.
The thirty-sixth year of Qianlong was of great significance to the Wang clan, and in this year, the Wang clan finally got rid of the status of a constant and nobleman, and was promoted two levels in a row and was crowned as a concubine. Moreover, after being made a concubine, Qianlong became more and more fond of this woman, often making her sleep, when Qianlong was more than sixty years old, but Wang's stomach was very contentious, and he successfully conceived a dragon fetus in Qianlong's thirty-ninth year, which made her cry with joy, and Wang knew how important this child was to her.
On the third day of the first lunar month of the 40th year of Qianlong, with the joy of the New Year, Wang Clan successfully gave birth to a little princess in Yikun Palace, this princess was the tenth daughter of Qianlong, that is, the later famous Princess Gulun and Xiaoxiao. At that time, Qianlong was already a 65-year-old man, and if he could add another daughter, he would naturally cherish it a hundred times, and for a while, the Wang clan became the hottest figure in the harem, countless rare treasures were sent to the Yikun Palace, and the position of the Wang clan was also promoted from concubine to concubine.
However, at this time, the Wang family was somewhat overwhelmed, and when they were slightly unsatisfied, they took the palace women around them out of anger, and eventually the tragedy was born.
Forty-three years after Qianlong, there was an explosion in the palace, and concubine Wang actually beat a palace maid to death, which was very rare in the Qing Palace, and even Qianlong was very shocked, and a jury was set up to try the case, but considering that the tenth princess was still young, she still gave leniency, only demoted Wang to a concubine, and ordered her to compensate the palace women's family for part of the silver, and hastily concluded the matter.
Subsequently, soon after, Wang Shi took the opportunity to be re-promoted to the concubine position, and became the most proud and delicate woman in the harem. Moreover, after the death of Princess Heshuo and Princess Ke, Qianlong also brought his daughter (that is, Qianlong's granddaughter) Dagege into the palace to raise her, and was raised by Concubine Yikun, the lord of the Palace, which shows that Qianlong still has great trust in the Wang clan.
However, since the beginning of the fiftieth year of Qianlong, Qianlong's attitude toward the Wang clan has quietly changed, for example, when the Wang clan has passed the forty thousand autumns, Qianlong has ordered the reward according to the ordinary birthday routine, and when the Wang family celebrates the fiftieth birthday, there is no celebration, and it is also rewarded according to the ordinary birthday routine.
In the first year of Jiaqing, once the Wang clan delayed asking Qianlong for peace, Qianlong ordered the cancellation of the Wang family's one-year regular reward. What was even more unexpected to Wang's surprise was that after the death of Emperor Qianlong of Taishang, her relatives and father-in-law Hezhen were immediately punished by Jiaqing, and Wang knew in his heart that his good life was over.
On the seventeenth day of the first month of the eleventh year of Jiaqing, Wang died of illness in the palace at the age of 61. Subsequently, he was buried in the Qianlong Yuling Concubine Garden.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, General Records of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty