Ancient society was hierarchical, especially in the royal family, and it could not be crossed at will, so birth was particularly important, but sometimes, some small roles could also be on the big stage and remembered by history. Today I want to talk about a palace maid in the imperial palace during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, this woman won the favor of the Kangxi Emperor, conceived a dragon fetus six times, and was buried in the imperial tomb after death, she is Empress Xiaogongren.
Empress Xiaogongren's surname was Wu Yashi, a clothed woman from the Zhenghuang Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and her great-grandfather was named Ebugen, according to Yongzheng himself, Ebugen was raised in the palace by Nurhaci in his childhood, and regarded as a nephew, which made a comment that "the old clan of this dynasty and the creator of the world".
Empress Xiao gongren's grandfather was named Eshan, who had made meritorious contributions on the battlefield in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, and was awarded a baron by Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, and after Kangxi succeeded to the throne, Echan served as the governor of the dining room, and became a member of the imperial court. Empress Xiao Gongren's father was named Wei Wu (威武), and he was made a prince of the first rank for empress Xiao Gongren.com.
In the first month of the fourteenth year of Kangxi, Empress Xiaogongren participated in the annual palace draft, and because of her outstanding appearance, she was favored by Kangxi, and was immediately selected into the harem, and along with Empress Xiaogongren, she entered the palace with the later Concubine WanLiuhashi. Due to the lack of historical data, it is not known whether Empress Xiaogongren had a resume as a palace maid, but it is certain that she won the favor of the Kangxi Emperor, and thus, from a low-ranking subordinate (palace girl), she became a small lord of the harem of the Qing Dynasty.
In October of the seventeenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Empress Xiaogongren, who had only been in the palace for three years, successfully gave birth to a prince named Yin Chan, which was the later Yongzheng Emperor. Yin Chan's birth made Kangxi Longyan greatly pleased, and immediately ordered That Empress Xiaogongren be crowned a concubine, and as a result, Empress Xiaogongren became a lord of the inner court and truly became the lord of the palace.
What is even more unexpected is that this is only the beginning, starting from the birth of the fourth son of the emperor Yin Chan in the seventeenth year of Kangxi, until the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, Empress Xiaogongren actually conceived a dragon fetus for Kangxi six times and gave birth to six children, which can be described as a great contribution to the royal family, and her name was promoted again in the twentieth year of Kangxi, and she was named As a princess.
After Kangxi was promoted to concubine in the twentieth year, empress Xiao Gongren was never promoted again in the Kangxi dynasty, but after that, her two sons shined in the dynasty, especially the younger son, The Fourteenth Brother Yinyu, who was awarded the title of Grand General in the later years of Kangxi and led the army to quell the rebellion of Dzungar, yin yu became the default heir chosen by kangxi by many ministers, and thus Yin Yu also became the pride of Empress Xiao Gongren.
However, it is unexpected that the final successor to the throne was the eldest son Yin Chan, the Yongzheng Emperor. Yin Chan was separated from her birth mother Empress Xiao Gongren from an early age and was raised by Empress Xiao Yiren, so the feelings between Yin Chan's mother and son were not very deep, far less than the affection between Empress Xiao Gongren and her younger son Yin Yu.
In addition, as soon as Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, she ordered Yin Yu to be imprisoned, seeing that the two sons were killing each other, and the younger son she cared for was "abused", Empress Xiaogongren naturally did not have a taste in her heart, so she made a series of unreasonable moves, such as refusing to be crowned empress dowager, refusing to move away from Yonghe Palace, refusing to accept worship, and so on.
There are even more rumors that the empress dowager crashed into a pillar in the first year of Yongzheng, which made people's glasses fall. However, according to the analysis of historical data, this possibility is still relatively small, and it is reasonable that Yongzheng does not have the need to do so. In September of the first year of Yongzheng, Empress Xiaogongren and Kangxi were buried together in the Jingling Underground Palace, and the coffin was slightly behind Empress Xiaochengren, Empress Xiaozhaoren, and Empress Xiaoyiren.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, Eight Banners