On the fourth day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of the Jiaqing Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing, who had just been pro-government, issued an edict: "From the age of the Emperor." Raised by Princess Mengqing's adoptive mother. No different from the birth mother. Le Edron Ceremony. Jia Jin Chongfeng. He is posthumously honored as a noble concubine of the Qinggong Emperor. All ceremonies should be performed. The yamen checked the example and played it. ”
The Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine mentioned in the edict is the woman to be talked about in this article, she is the adoptive mother of the Jiaqing Emperor and the big winner of the Qianlong harem.
First, the origin of the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines
Regarding the origin of The Noble Concubine of the Qinggong Emperor, there is no official record, only that her father was named Lu Shilong and that he had a nephew named Lu Songling. However, a sacred decree of Qianlong in the twenty-second year revealed for us the origin of the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines, and in this year, the two Huaiyan governments Pufu donated money to Lu Shilong, the father of the Qinggong Emperor's concubines (who were then Qing concubines), and the matter was reported to Qianlong by the Jiangsu envoy Anning, so Qianlong ordered the family of the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines to enter the flag, which belonged to the yellow banner yinglian Zuo.
Moreover, Suzhou Weaving also reported to Qianlong that the uncle of Emperor Qinggong's noble concubine was a cowardly and incompetent person, and for fear of provoking right and wrong, he sent people to escort him back to Changshu and strictly restrain him. It can be seen from this that The Noble Concubine of the Qinggong Emperor was a Han chinese woman from Changshu, Jiangsu Province.
2. Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines enter the palace
In fact, according to the palace rules, The Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine is not qualified to participate in the draft at all, so how did she enter the palace? Regarding the time when The Qinggong Emperor's concubine entered the palace, the historical data do not record, but according to the information born in the second year of Yongzheng, the time of the Qinggong Emperor's concubine entering the palace should be after the second year of Qianlong, the specific time is unknown, and the initial position is divided into Lu Changzai.
Emperor Qinggong's concubine really began to enter people's field of vision in the thirteenth year of Qianlong, according to the "For the Repair of Yumu Consulting Cha Wan Concubine and Other Banners and Shu Concubine's Father's Family Name And Title To the General Administration of internal affairs", it is recorded: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that Cha DeWan Concubine was promoted to a nobleman on May 12, 2002 in Qianlong, and Qing Concubine and Ying Concubine were promoted to nobles on April 12, 13th year of Qianlong. ”
Since then, The Noble Concubine of the Qinggong Emperor has officially started her harem career.
3. Is The Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine favored?
Now there are two main views, the first is that the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines did not have children in their lifetime, and they entered the palace for more than twenty years before they were crowned as noble concubines, and they could not be favored by the Qianlong Emperor. The second view is that the noble concubines of the Qinggong Emperor were deeply favored by the Qianlong Emperor. The author supports the second view, that the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines were deeply favored by Qianlong. Why?
First of all, the birth of the Noble Concubine of the Qinggong Emperor is unlikely to achieve much success in the harem, and the concubines of a family like her are placed in the Kangxi Dynasty, and even if they give birth to a prince, they will be crowned as a concubine at most. However, Qianlong enfeoffed him to a noble concubine, called Qing Guifei, for thirty-three years in Qianlong, and was also the second lord of the harem at that time after Emperor Ling.
Secondly, Qianlong handed over the fifteenth brother Yongyan born to Concubine Ling to the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine to raise, you know, Yongyan is Qianlong's final choice of successor, and he can give the successor to the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine to raise, which shows that the Qinggong Emperor's noble concubine is deeply trusted by Qianlong. Moreover, there was no need for Qianlong to posthumously appoint her as an imperial concubine, and it was obvious that Qianlong left this posthumous task to his son Jiaqing. (There is no precedent in the history of the Qing Dynasty for posthumously appointing her adoptive mother as an empress or empress dowager, all the way up to Empress Xiao Jingcheng of the Xianfeng Dynasty.)
Finally, Qianlong made six southern tours in his lifetime, of which three were accompanied by Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines, indicating that she was deeply favored by Qianlong, of course, Qinggong Emperor's noble concubines were originally from Jiangnan, and Qianlong's move also had the meaning of letting him go home to visit.
On July 15, 39, Qianlong Emperor Guifei died of illness in the West Garden on the west side of Changchun Garden, and Qianlong ordered him to quit the dynasty for five days, so that the fifteenth Brother Yongyan alone in the north small garden on the east side of the Shenwu Gate to wear filial piety for Emperor Qinggong's concubines, and then buried her in the Yuling Concubine Garden. Later, Jiaqing was pro-government, and only then did he posthumously appoint his adoptive mother Lu Shi as a noble concubine of the Qinggong Emperor.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Archives of the Qing Palace