In ancient society, the status of the eldest son in the family was quite high, and if there was no concubine, the firstborn who inherited the status of the family patriarch was generally the eldest son. As a result, the presence of the eldest son, let alone royalty, is usually taken very seriously. However, there were several eldest sons of the Emperor in the Qing Dynasty, but the end was very miserable, for example, Chu Ying, the eldest son of Nurhaci, was imprisoned and executed, The Emperor Taiji's eldest son Hauge was killed by Dolgun, and the eldest son of Kangxi, Yinfu, was also imprisoned to death.
On May 28, 1965, Yong Huang was born in Chonghua Palace, the residence of the fourth son of the Emperor Hongli, in Chonghua Palace, the concubine gefucha clan of Hongli' side.
Fu cha clan is a clothed woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the early years of Yongzheng to make the status of a daughter into the emperor's fourth son Hongli, because Fucha's age is slightly older than Hongli, coupled with gentle and virtuous, leaving a very good impression on Hongli, it was not long before Fucha became the first woman in Hongli, and then gave birth to the eldest son Yong huang.
Yong Huang was the first child of Hongli (Qianlong), the meaning is naturally different, the first taste of the father's taste of Hongli attaches great importance to Yonghuang, and is even more fond of the Fucha clan, and soon after, the Fucha clan gave birth to a daughter for Hongli again, that is, the second daughter.
However, what is unexpected is that the two births caused great loss to the fucha family's body, and in July of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, the fucha clan died of incense, and the estimated age was about 25 years old. What is even more unexpected is that only two months later, Hongli inherited the throne of the Qing Dynasty in the Taihe Hall, for the Qianlong Emperor.
After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, he was obsessed with the Fucha clan and posthumously awarded the title of Concubine Zhe, and thus the Fucha clan became the only concubine in Qianlong's qiandi who was posthumously awarded the title. (Note: According to the Qing Palace archives, there was more than one official woman who died during the Qianlong Qiandi period) Ten years after Qianlong, Yong Huang's biological mother Fu Cha Clan was once again posthumously named as the Noble Concubine of the Zhe Mercy Emperor, which was undoubtedly a good news for Yong Huang, because qianlong had no concubines alive at that time, and Yong Huang had a great opportunity.
However, only a year later, Empress Xiaoxian gave birth to the emperor's seventh son, Yong Juan, which disappointed Yong Huang very much. In the twelfth year of Qianlong, Qianlong designated a concubine fujin for Yonghuang, that is, from the Ilari clan of Manchuria with red flags, and Qianlong immediately allocated 100,000 taels of silver to live in the Yonghuang branch.
However, at the end of the year of the Yonghuang branch (the twelfth year of Qianlong), the seventh son of the emperor, Yongxuan, born to Empress Xiaoxian, died of smallpox infection, and the dream of the emperor in Yonghuang's heart was ignited again. In March of the following year, Empress Xiaoxian also died of illness on the eastern tour.
At that time, Yong Huang greeted Empress Xiaoxian's coffin in Jingshi as the eldest brother, however, at the subsequent funeral, Yong Huang was reprimanded by his father Qianlong for not being sad enough. According to the records of the missionary Fei Lai, Qianlong "kicked the emperor's eldest son and struck him hard", and even disqualified Yong Huang from succeeding to the throne, which was a fatal blow to Yong Huang.
Since then, Yong Huang has been in a state of panic, and this state has greatly depleted his body, and only two years (qianlong fifteen years later), Yong Huang died of illness in the palace at the age of 23. Before dying, Yong Huang said six words to his father Qianlong: "You can't send the emperor to your father." ”
People often say: "Tiger poison does not eat children", after all, Yong Huang is also the eldest son of Qianlong, and he was watched by Qianlong to grow up, and his feelings are naturally very deep. At this time, Qianlong was extremely remorseful and issued an edict: "The eldest son of the emperor was born in the Qing Palace, and the tooth order is the longest." He was more than a weak crown and gave birth to an imperial grandson. Now that the disease has passed away, it is advisable to mourn the grief of the heart, and it is advisable to prepare the rites of adulthood. ”
Subsequently, Qianlong posthumously made Yong Huang the Prince of Ding'an, and brought Yong Huang's two sons, Miande and Mian'en, into the palace to raise them.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Yongxian Dynasty