In ancient society, in some large households, there were servants who served the master, and the room where these servants lived was connected with the master's room, so they were called the roommates, and most of them would be accepted by the master as concubines. In fact, this kind of thing also exists in the royal family, called Gege during the Qing Dynasty, and today the author wants to talk about a Tongfang yatou when Jiaqing was the crown prince, she was the noble concubine of Emperor Heyu.
Emperor Heyu's noble concubine was surnamed Liu Jiashi (劉佳氏), daughter of Liu Fuming of the Tang Dynasty, born in the first month of the 26th year of Qianlong, only three months younger than Jiaqing. From the point of view of origin, Heyu is not inferior, she should be a dressed woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, because of her outstanding appearance, she won the palace women's draft and entered the court.
However, Qianlong did not keep Heyu by his side, nor did he let her serve a certain concubine, but gave it to the fifteenth son of the emperor, Yongyan, as a maid, that is, a servant.
In the forty-second year of Qianlong, He Yu entered the fifteenth son of Emperor Yongyan, and only two years later gave birth to yongyan's eldest son, the king of Mu County, who was later posthumously honored. Unfortunately, the eldest son of the Jiaqing Emperor died after less than three months of life, but Heyu was still favored, and she subsequently gave birth to a daughter, the third daughter of Jiaqing, Princess Heshuo Zhuangjing.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Jiaqing, Jiaqing made Heyu a concubine, Ju Yikun Palace, and ranked third after Empress Xitara (Empress Xiaoshurui) and the noble concubine Niu Hulu (Empress Xiaoherui), this position can also be seen to some extent in the position of Heyu in Jiaqing's heart, even if the emperor's eldest son died early, Heyu was always the first woman to give birth to a son for Jiaqing.
It is worth mentioning that after only one year, Empress Kitara died of illness in Gyeongin Palace, and as a result, Heyu sat on the second chair of the Qing Harem.
In the sixth year of Jiaqing, the third daughter of the emperor born to Heyu and Princess Zhuangjing performed the initial ceremony, and Qianlong specially entertained sotnam dobuji, the king of Horqin County, at the Bohol Palace, and Heyu himself also entertained the concubines at Yikun Palace to celebrate the initial ceremony of his daughter. In the thirteenth year of Jiaqing, Jiaqing was blessed with the emperor's eldest grandson, and Heyu also followed the light and was promoted to concubine. This is very rare for her to be born as a slave in the coat, and it can be seen that the weight of Heyu in Jiaqing's heart is indeed very heavy.
After the Daoguang Emperor succeeded to the throne, he made Heyu Zun a noble concubine of the Imperial Examination, however, since becoming a concubine, Heyu's body was worse than a day, relying on the cultivation of the Tai Doctor, he was able to save his life. Until December of the thirteenth year of Daoguang, Heyu's illness was already heavy and difficult to return, and the illness worsened, and then Daoguang ordered Heyu to be moved to Ji'an.
Some concubines in the harem of the Qing Dynasty had the custom of being moved to Ji'an before they died, but some of the concubines that the emperor valued would die in the palace, that is to say, Daoguang may not be able to look up to this mother concubine in his bones. Moreover, when the princess died, the emperor would generally serve the funeral or strike the dynasty, but the Daoguang Emperor did not do so, as if he was deliberately humiliating the deceased princess. However, Daoguang still gave this concubine the nickname: Noble Concubine Heyu.
My point of view: In fact, with Heyu's humble origins, it is very rare to be able to survive to the position of imperial concubine, and she can reach this position by relying on the favor of the Jiaqing Emperor, but due to family reasons, Heyu did not get enough respect from the Daoguang Emperor after his death, which may be her only regret.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Renzong of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Yongxian Dynasty