In Qianlong's later years, there were two more favored concubines, one was Concubine Huan and the other was Concubine Shun, these two people launched a fierce battle in the harem, although Concubine Huan was blessed by the emperor because of the birth of Princess Xiao and Princess Xiao, but from the result, these two were not winners, one was demoted two levels into the cold palace, the other was suppressed by Jiaqing because of her daughter's marriage problems, and today I want to talk about Concubine Shun.
Princess Shun was a typical representative of the Niuhulu family in the Qianlong harem, his great-grandfather was the Kangxi Dynasty's auxiliary chancellor Hu Bilong, his grandfather was the Yongzheng Dynasty's favorite minister Yin De, and his father Ai Bida served as the governor of many provinces during the Qianlong period.
It turned out that Concubine Shun's entry into the palace was indeed suspected of being a preparatory empress.
It was in the thirty years of Qianlong, and then during the southern tour of the Nala clan, he fell out of favor due to hair cutting, and then died tragically in the Cold Palace. According to Qianlong's own wishes, if he wanted to choose a person in the harem to enter the middle palace, this person was most likely a concubine. However, there is one person who disagrees, she is Qianlong's biological mother, Empress Chongqing (Empress Xiaoshengxian), although Concubine Ling was favored by Qianlong, she was born in a coat, and since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for a woman in a coat to enter the middle palace. Empress Chongqing means to choose a woman among the Eight Banners and succeed to the throne in the Middle Palace, and this person is most likely Shunfei, because according to the generational division, Shunfei is the niece of the same clan as Empress Chongqing.
Qianlong thirty-one years, 18-year-old Shunfei through the draft into the palace, the beginning was named Chang Guiren, from the later plot development, Qianlong does not seem to have the meaning of establishing Shunfei as the queen, but it is also relatively favored, just in the third year of Shunfei's entry into the palace, she was crowned as Shun concubine.
In addition, the Qing Palace archives also recorded an incident about Qianlong's favor with Concubine Shun.
Once When Qianlong went out hunting and harvested two pheasants, Qianlong immediately ordered someone to send someone to the Shunfei's bedchamber, who was recuperating from illness, which greatly touched Shunfei, which showed that Shunfei had indeed been favored by Qianlong.
Moreover, Concubine Shun also almost gave birth to children for Qianlong.
In the forty-first year of Qianlong, Shunfei was diagnosed with a dragon fetus, but the result was disappointing, and Shunfei eventually suffered an abortion. At the same time, the concubine who had just given birth to Princess Hexiao was also pregnant with a dragon fetus, but the final result was a false pregnancy incident, which to some extent reflected the struggle between Concubine Shun and Concubine Huan.
In the fight between the two men, the first loser was Concubine Shun.
In the first month of the fifty-third year of Qianlong, Qianlong twice issued a decree to demote Concubine Shun, from concubine to nobleman, but the reason for the demotion is not recorded in the historical records. This demotion dealt a heavy blow to Concubine Shun, and since then she has been beaten into the cold palace and died tragically two years later. Soon after, Qianlong ordered that shungui be buried in an inconspicuous treasure dome in the last row of Yuling Concubine's bed.
In the following years, Concubine Huan also gradually lost Qianlong's favor, and in the first year of Jiaqing, once Concubine Qianlong was late to ask Qianlong for peace, Qianlong Longyan was furious and ordered that Concubine Yin be cancelled.
Moreover, Princess Xiao's daughter and Princess Xiao married Fengsheng Yinde, the son of Princess Huan, and after Jiaqing took over the government, the power of the Hezhen family was purged and gradually declined, and Concubine Huan gradually grew old in the harem, and the ending was also not very good.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Archives of the Qing Palace