In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the Aixin Jueluo family and the Mongolian Horqin tribe frequently married, the main representative is Empress Xiaozhuang, after Shunzhi became an adult, the mother Xiaozhuang even married two nieces and two nieces to her son Shunzhi, and today the author wants to talk about the most unfortunate one, that is, the mourning concubine.
The first thing I need to figure out is the relationship between Concubine Mo and Empress Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi.
The concubine's surname was Borjigit, and she came from the left wing of the Mongolian Horqin Tribe, and her father was the first Prince of Darhan, Manzhu Xili. Manzhu Xili was the fourth brother of Empress Xiaozhuang, so Concubine Xiaozhuang was actually Empress Xiaozhuang's niece, that is, the cousin of Emperor Shunzhi.
Empress Xiaozhuang's eldest brother was named Wu Keshan, and Wu Keshan's daughter Borjigit (Meng Guqing) was also married to Shunzhi, and this Borjigit clan was shunzhi's original match, that is, the first queen of the Great Qing Dynasty, which was later abolished. In addition, Empress Xiaozhuang's second brother was named Chahan, and Two of Empress Xiaozhuang's granddaughters (Empress Xiaozhuang's nieces and nephews) also married Shunzhi, who were the later Empress Xiaohuizhang and Shuhuifei.
That is to say, Shunzhi's original match (deposed), concubines, empress dowagers and concubines were four cousins and nephews from the same family, all of whom were married to Shunzhi, and the four aunts and nephews served a husband, which was unique in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
Regarding the time when the mourning concubine entered the Qing Palace, there is no record in the historical records, and it is estimated that it should be around ten years of Shunzhi.
In August of the tenth year of Shunzhi, Shunzhi issued an edict declaring the deposing of Empress Borjigit, the daughter of Shunzhi's uncle Wu Keshan, her maternal cousin, a Mongolian princess of noble birth. Perhaps it is this nobility that makes him proud in his bones, not only extravagant, but also likes jealousy, which simply makes Shunzhi intolerable, so there is the first and only time that the Qing Dynasty was abolished.
After Shunzhi deposed the empress, Empress Xiaozhuang then sought marriage for her son Shunzhi and took the two granddaughters of her second brother Chahan to the Forbidden City, who were the future Empress Xiaohuizhang and Concubine Shuhui. Princess Mourning probably came to the Capital Division at about the same time, but from the perspective of age, Princess Mourning seems to be younger than her two nieces (Empress Xiaohuizhang and Concubine Shuhui), and can only be temporarily raised in the palace, called "staying in the palace".
As we all know, the second empress of Shunzhi chose Empress Xiaohuizhang, and the concubine was not eligible for the throne because of her young age, but with her origin, at least she could be crowned a concubine, which is beyond doubt. Moreover, with the care of her aunt Empress Xiaozhuang, the future of concubines must also be bright and bright.
However, the sky is unpredictable, and people have bad luck.
On the fifth day of March in the fifteenth year of Shunzhi, the mourning concubine who was still waiting for the year suddenly fell ill and died in the Qing Palace, and it was estimated that the age was about ten years old. Before entering the flower season, it hastily withered away, and people have to feel sorry for it.
After the death of the mourning concubine, Shunzhi issued an edict to the cousin who had not yet passed the door: "The daughters of Prince Korqin and Shuodar Khan, elected to the palace, have not been canonized because they are not yet crowned." Now that Er Er has passed away for a long time, he is deeply mourned in his heart, and it is advisable to posthumously be crowned as a concubine and his title and ceremony should be performed. Seek to honor the concubine. ”
In September of that year, the mourning concubine was buried at the foot of Huanghua Mountain in Jixian County, and named the mourning concubine tomb. Later, the Shunzhi Emperor built the Xiaoling Tomb under the Changrui Mountain in Zunhua, Hebei, and after Kangxi succeeded to the throne, he built the Xiaodongling Tomb near the Xiaoling Tomb, and in the fifty-seventh year of the Kangxi Dynasty, the mourning concubine was moved to the Xiaodongling Tomb, and finally buried with two nieces, Empress Xiaohuizhang and Concubine Shuhui.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of the Ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, Canon of the Great Qing Dynasty