Studying the history of the Qing Dynasty, we can find an interesting phenomenon, generally speaking, the original identity of the eldest son who can give birth to the emperor is a mane, of course, this has a lot to do with the marriage system of the Qing Dynasty royal family.
During the Qing Dynasty, before the crown prince got married, he would be given an unequal number of handmaidens, who were the servants who served beside the prince, and they would first have a relationship with the prince and then give birth to the eldest son, such as the qianlong emperor's eldest son Yong Huang's birth mother, Emperor Zhe mercy, who was originally the servant who was waiting at Qianlong's side. Today, I want to talk about a lady who gave birth to the emperor's eldest son for Jiaqing, and she is the noble concubine of Emperor Heyu.
In the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong, The noble concubine Liu Shi of the Yu Emperor was born in an ordinary family of internal affairs in the Forbidden City, and his father Liu Fuming did not have much ability, but was just a petty official with no rank, Bai Tang'a. In fact, a family like Liu's, being able to enter the palace and serve in the palace and become a palace maid is already a rare thing, and she has never dared to think about other extravagant expectations.
In the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong, Qianlong held a wedding ceremony for his 15-year-old son Yongyan (Emperor Jiaqing), and probably before that, Liu Shi was favored by the emperor in the palace draft and was sent to serve by the fifteenth brother Yongyan. At that time, Liu Shi was just a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, innocent and lively, and very well-behaved, Yong Yan was very fond of this little girl, and unconsciously, there was a love affair between the two.
In the forty-fourth year of Qianlong, the Liu clan gave birth to a son for Yong Yan, which was Yong Yan's first son, so Yong Yan was very happy and became more and more fond of Liu Shi. However, what people did not expect was that the son born to Liu Shi only lived for more than three months before dying, but this did not affect Liu's position in Yongyan's heart, and a year later, Liu Shi gave birth again, this time, she gave birth to a daughter, that is, the later third daughter of the emperor and Princess Shuozhuangjing.
In the first year of Jiaqing, Yongyan the Prince of Jia became the new lord of the Qing Dynasty, the Jiaqing Emperor. After Jiaqing succeeded to the throne, the fate of the Liu clan changed completely, and she was given the title of Concubine, ranking third in the harem after Empress Kitara and the noble concubine NiuHulu. Only a year later, Empress Kitara died of illness at Gyeongin Palace, and the noble concubine Niu Hulu became the new empress in the sixth year of Jiaqing, and Liu Shi sat at the second seat of the harem and became the head of the concubines.
In the thirteenth year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor was pleased with the emperor's eldest grandson Yiwei, Long Yan Dayue, and promoted the harem concubines, and Liu Shi took the opportunity to be promoted to the title of concubine. At this time, the Liu clan seemed to be very satisfied, although the eldest son unfortunately died early, but she still had a daughter after all, but only three years later, the news came that the third daughter of the emperor and Princess Shuo Zhuangjing had died of illness, and the princess only lived for 31 years before she died of incense.
It is conceivable that the Liu clan who has lost all his children must be very lonely at this time, he is already old and decaying, although his status in the harem is in front, he is no longer the teenage girl. After Daoguang succeeded to the throne, Liu Shi was honored as a noble concubine of Emperor Kaoxi because Emperor Jiaqing gave birth to the eldest son of the Emperor, and the eldest son of the Emperor she gave birth to was posthumously honored as the Prince of Mu County.
Daoguang thirteen years, into December, Liu's condition gradually worsened, and finally died on the eighteenth day of this month, at the age of 73, and was finally honored by the Daoguang Emperor as a concubine of Emperor Heyu.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Qing Dynasty