For example, in the Kangxi Dynasty, if you are not born well, it is almost impossible to promote to a high position, however, some women of low birth can get the favor of Kangxi, and even give birth to a prince, and today I want to talk about one of them, she is Chunyu Qinfei.
ChunYu Qinfei Chen was a Han Chinese, her father's name was Chen Xiyi, although she was a Han Chinese, but the ancestors of the Chen clan had long been incorporated into the Interior Ministry, so the Chen family was already considered a banner person, they were the wrapped slaves who served the imperial family. Chen's father, Chen Xiyi, served as a second-class bodyguard in the imperial palace.
In the thirty-third year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the teenage Chen clan was selected as a palace maid through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and because the Chen clan looked beautiful and immortal, it was easy to attract the attention of the emperor, and it was not long before the Chen clan went from a small palace maid to a concubine in the harem of the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the Chen clan was also fortunate to give birth to a prince in the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi, who was named Yin Li among the many sons of Kangxi.
It is said that Yin Li was very intelligent from an early age, and was deeply loved by his father Kangxi, and often accompanied his father on tour from the age of nine, and because of Yin Li's young age, he did not participate in the struggle for concubines in Kangxi's later years, which made Yin Li cleverly avoid the bad consequences of the storm of conquest, laying the foundation for later reuse.
In the year when Yin Li was 22 years old (the fifty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty), his mother Chen Shi was crowned as a concubine of Qin, and finally survived to the coveted throne of the inner court. In the Kangxi Dynasty, there were really very few people who could be canonized with the origin of the Chen clan, and the fact that the Chen clan could be crowned as a concubine showed that she was very favored.
After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, the good days of the Chen family's mother and son really began, first of all, Yongzheng's first year of the edict: "Jingling is very well decorated, and the Seventeen Brothers, Sun Zhaoqi, and Sarna are very dedicated and respectful." Seventeen Kings of the Agofon County. As a result, Yin Li was made the King of Guo County, and secondly, three years later, Yin Li's mother, Chen Shi, was honored as the Imperial Concubine and was treated favorably by the new JunYongzheng.
What was even more gratifying to the Chen clan was that after the death of Yin Xiang, the Prince of Yi in the eighth year of Yongzheng, her son Yin Li began to take charge of the household department and truly became a Zaifu-style figure. However, there was one thing that caused Chen a lot of headaches.
It is said that Yin Li had two Fu Jin, Consort Fujin was from the Niu Hulu clan of the Hongyi Gongfu, and the side Fu Jin was the Meng clan, however, the Niu Hulu clan had never been able to have children, and they were red-faced and short-lived, and they died less than thirty years old. Although the Meng clan of The Lateral Fujin had a son and a daughter, they all died prematurely, and seeing that their sons were about to die, how could the Chen clan not be in a hurry.
In February of the third year of Qianlong, Yin Li died of illness at the age of 42, and none of his sons and daughters under his knees inherited the incense, but Qianlong had great respect for this uncle, not only personally paying tribute to Yin Li, but also passing on to his younger brother Hongyao.
On December 20, 18th year of Qianlong, Concubine Chen died of illness in the Qing Palace, and the Qianlong Emperor ordered Kou to pick up the silk and sacrifice wine, and to bury Chen as a pure Yu Qin concubine and bury her in the Jingling Concubine Garden.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family