The palace women were a relatively special group of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Palace, most of them were clothed women from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there were also a small number of Han women of civil origin who were not in the flag, these women came from a humble origin, and could not be compared with those women from the Eight Banners family. However, sometimes, the palace women will also achieve their own legendary story, today the author wants to talk about these two palace women, they entered the palace together, what they did not expect was that one gave birth to the Great Qing Tianzi, one lived to be 97 years old, they are Empress Xiaogongren (Defei) and Dingfei.
In the fourteenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Palace held an annual draft, and among the selected showgirls, there were two young women, they were only fourteen or fifteen years old, one from the Zhenghuangqi Wrapped Collar, and the other from the Zhenghuangqi Wrapping Collar (Xinzhiku), these two women, one surnamed Wu yashi, the other surnamed Wanliuhashi.
However, what is unexpected is that both the Wuya clan and the Wanliu Ha clan were favored by Kangxi, and immediately became concubines of the Harem of the Qing Dynasty, from a small palace girl to a small lord.
However, from the perspective of favor, it is clear that the Uya clan is better, and within a few years of entering the palace, she gave birth to a fourth son for Kangxi, named Yin Chan (雍正), in order to reward the Uya clan, Kangxi promoted her to a concubine alone, and the Uya clan began to rise in the Kangxi harem.
In the twentieth year of Kangxi, Kangxi was crowned a concubine on a large scale for the second time, and this time, Wu Yashi was named a concubine of Jin, became one of the four concubines, and began to have a certain voice in the Kangxi harem. At the same time, the Uya clan continued to give birth to children for the emperor, and after the emperor's fourth son, Yin Chan, the Uya clan gave birth to five more children.
On the other hand, although the Favor of the Wanliu Ha Clan was inferior to that of the Uya Clan, she was often summoned by Kangxi, and she gave birth to a crown prince in the twenty-fourth year of Kangxi, namely the Twelfth Son of the Emperor Yin. It can be said that it was the birth of Yin Qi that completely changed the fate of his mother Wan LiuHashi. However, due to the low status of the Wanliuha clan, Yin Qi was raised by Empress Xiaozhuang's maid Su Ma Lagu shortly after his birth, and it was su Ma Lagu's Dun Dun teachings that Yin Qi grew into a Qing prince who was born and good.
In the fifty-seventh year of Kangxi, Kangxi's last large-scale concubine, Wan Liuhashi, who was nearly 60 years old, finally ushered in the opportunity for promotion, and she was crowned as a concubine, all of which was still due to the emperor's twelfth son Yin, because in the Qing Palace, the key to a woman's survival, in addition to the emperor's favor, that is, the heir, in contrast, the heir is more stable.
In the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty, Kangxi died of illness in Changchun Garden, and Yin Chan, the son of Princess Wuya, succeeded to the throne of the Qing Dynasty as the Yongzheng Emperor. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, the Wuya clan was honored as the empress dowager, and the Wanliuha clan was also honored: "The mother of the twelve brothers, who served the imperial examination for many years, was very cautious, and was a concubine for a long time, and now jin is crowned as a concubine." As a result, wanliuha's position was renamed dingfei.
After that, the mother and son of the Wanliu Ha clan were treated favorably by the yongzheng and Qianlong emperors, and Yongzheng even allowed the Wanliu ha clan to come to his son Yin's mansion to live, and qianlong often accepted the Wanliu ha clan into the palace for festivals after succeeding to the throne, which can be described as a major event in the palace. On the seventh day of April in the 22nd year of Qianlong, Concubine Wan Liu died of illness at the residence of Yin Qi, at the age of 97, which is the crown of the Great Qing Concubines.
In contrast, although Princess Wu Yashi gave birth to the Great Qing Tianzi (Yongzheng) and herself was also honored as the empress dowager, she was not satisfied, and her beloved youngest son Yin Yu was immediately imprisoned by the eldest son Yongzheng after the death of Kangxi, seeing two flesh and bones, how could Wu Yashi be relieved?
In the early morning of May 23 of the first year of Yongzheng, Empress Dowager Wu Ya died at the age of 64 at the age of 64, with the title of Empress Xiaogongren.
Regarding the death of Empress Xiaogongren, one of the most popular theories is that she was forced to crash into a pillar by Yongzheng, but this statement is difficult to make sense, but empress Xiaogongren died abnormally, and it is speculated that she committed suicide.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Imperial Classics, Eight Banners, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty