Imperial concubines are a very special group in the harem of the Qing Dynasty, she is only half a rank shorter than the empress, enjoying the title of deputy queen, it is extremely difficult to climb to this position, generally speaking, only before the back seat is vacant or the concubine is dying, the emperor will be crowned as an imperial concubine. However, the Qing Dynasty never lacked favored concubines, such as Dong Efei of the Shunzhi Dynasty, who sat on the seat of the imperial concubine at the age of 18, but Dong Efei was not the youngest imperial concubine, the youngest imperial concubine was the Shushen Emperor Concubine, and the person who favored this woman was not the emperor, but The Empress Dowager Cixi.
Speaking of the origin of this Shushen Emperor's noble concubine, it is definitely the standard of the empress level, she comes from the Manchurian yellow flag at the head of the three banners, the seventh ancestor is the tumbler university Shimaqi of the Kangqian period, and her family also has a big figure like Empress Xiaoxian, Fu Heng, and Fu Kang'an, and it can be said that it is the blessing of the Shushen Emperor's noble concubine.
In the eleventh year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, The Noble Concubine of the Shushen Emperor participated in the Eight Flags Draft, and the main purpose of this draft was to select an empress for the adult Tongzhi Emperor, with such a strong family background, the Noble Concubine of the Shushen Emperor can be said to be in the chest. However, what she did not expect was that Emperor Shushen's concubine actually encountered a fierce enemy, and she was Empress Xiaozheyi.
So, what is so special about Empress Xiaozheyi?
Empress Xiaozheyi was a banner girl from the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner, surnamed Arut, speaking of Empress Xiaozheyi's paternal line, not a top magnate, but Empress Xiaozheyi's mother was the daughter of Duanhua the Prince of Zheng, coincidentally, the daughter of the Iron Hat King was the cousin of Empress Dowager Ci'an, that is, Empress Xiaozheyi was the cousin of Empress Dowager Ci'an. This is the key to Empress Xiaozheyi's ability to enter the Middle Palace.
Although Emperor Shushen had the support of Empress Dowager Cixi, it was Empress Dowager Ci'an who controlled the right to speak at that time, and Tongzhi herself ultimately chose Empress Xiaozheyi, so Emperor Shushen's concubine regrettably rubbed shoulders with the empress's position. However, Empress Dowager Cixi did not treat this woman she loved badly, so that she entered the palace on the same day as Empress Xiaozheyi, and her living treatment was almost the same as that of the empress.
Although Emperor Shushen's concubine was incomparably favored by her mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Cixi, emperor Tongzhi liked Empress Xiaozheyi, and even if Emperor Shushen's concubine was incomparably charming, she still could not get the favor of the young Tianzi. On the contrary, because Cixi often interfered in the conjugal life of her son Tongzhi and the empress, this would undoubtedly be counterproductive for the Shushen Emperor's concubines.
In November of the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, the Tongzhi Emperor suddenly fell ill, and in order to give him a crushing joy, the empress dowager of the two palaces was a concubine, and the 15-year-old Shushen Emperor's concubine was actually promoted two levels in a row, and Huifei directly jumped to the imperial concubine, which was very rare in the history of the Qing Dynasty. But this still did not save Tongzhi's life, and after less than a month, the Tongzhi Emperor died, and the young Shushen Emperor Guifei instantly became a widow.
After that, with the care of Empress Dowager Cixi, The Noble Concubine of the Shushen Emperor naturally suffered less than half a grievance in the harem, on the contrary, Cixi's love for this daughter-in-law remained the same. In the twentieth year of Guangxu, Cixi celebrated her sixtieth birthday and was crowned as the Imperial Concubine of Dun yi Rongqing, which was the only imperial concubine with a four-character title in the history of the Qing Dynasty. However, no matter how favored she was, Princess Shushen could no longer enjoy beautiful love.
On February 28, 1904, the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), Emperor Shushen died of illness in the Qing Palace at the age of 46, and was subsequently buried in the Huiling Concubine Garden in Tongzhi.
What people did not expect was that twenty-four years later, Tanglin suffered a catastrophe, Qianlong's Yuling and Empress Dowager Cixi's Dingdongling were stolen, and the tomb of Emperor Shushen's noble concubine was not spared, according to Puyi's letters, this imperial concubine was still vivid when it was found, becoming another incorruptible female corpse in the Qing Dynasty.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Qing Shilu, Four Genealogies of the Qing Imperial Family