During the Qing Dynasty, some palace women would be given to the emperor by the emperor to take care of the life of the prince, in fact, they were the servants around the prince, they would basically be accepted by the prince as concubines, if the prince was fortunate enough to inherit the throne, these women would also become the imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty, and the family would follow suit. Today, I want to talk about the earliest servants who served Qianlong's side, and she was the earliest woman in Qianlong, the Noble Concubine of the Zhe Mercy Emperor.
Princess Zhe Mercy was a woman with the surname of Fucha, who belonged to the Fucha clan of Kahari and Rosherin Village, whose ancestor was named Niya Tang'e, and Zhe Mercy was the eighth granddaughter of Nyaya Tang'e. Around the time of Niya Tang'e's grandson, the Fucha clan of Zhe Mercy was incorporated into the Eight Banners and belonged to the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner. However, after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, due to the small number of this Fucha clan, it was incorporated into the Zhenghuang Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it also belonged to the Baoyi Guan Ling, which is known as the Xinzhiku.
In the early years of Yongzheng, Zhe Mercy participated in the palace women's draft according to the palace rules, and was selected into the palace through outstanding appearance and outstanding female red, but Yongzheng did not leave it in his harem, but gave this young girl to his son Hongli, who was the later Qianlong Emperor.
From the perspective of age, Zhe Mercy should be slightly older than Qianlong, therefore, in terms of life and living, qianlong can be given more care, men and women will also give certain guidance, and it did not take long for Zhe Mercy to become the first woman in Qianlong, officially becoming a concubine, called Gege.
However, just as Zhe Mercy was enjoying a beautiful love, Yongzheng designated a concubine fujin for Qianlong, a woman with the same surname as Fu cha, but her family lineage was much more prominent than that of Zhe Mercy, who was Qianlong's original empress Xiaoxian.
However, it was Zhe Mercy who was the first to give birth to a child for Qianlong.
In the 28th year of May of the sixth year of Yongzheng, Zhe Mercy gave birth to a son in the West Second House (Chonghua Palace) of the Forbidden City, namely Yong Huang, the eldest son of Qianlong. This is Qianlong's first child, natural significance is extraordinary, since then, Qianlong to Zhe Mercy more pampered, Zhe Mercy also lived up to expectations, Yu Yongzheng ninth year gave birth to a second daughter.
However, the ancient social hierarchy was strict, and even if Zhe Mercy was favored again, she would not be able to obtain the title of Side Fujin. Sure enough, Yongzheng designated two side Fujins for Qianlong, namely the Gao clan and the Nala clan, which was later the Huixian Emperor's concubine and successor. This situation made Zhe Mercy extremely depressed, coupled with the two births that seriously depleted her body, and finally, Zhe Mercy could not support it.
On the third day of July in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, Zhe Mercy, who accompanied Qianlong for ten years, died of illness in xi'er. Unexpectedly, just two months after Zhe Mercy's death, her beloved Qianlong sat on the throne of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty and became the Ninth Five-Year Emperor. Although Qianlong had several concubines who died early in his early years, he was only obsessed with Zhe Mercy, so he ordered that Zhe Mercy be posthumously named Zhe Concubine. Since the Construction of the Qianlong Yuling Tomb had not yet started at that time, Zhe Mercy's golden coffin had to be temporarily stored in the funeral palace.
In the tenth year of Qianlong, Qianlong followed the example of his father posthumously awarding the title of Imperial Noble Concubine of Jingmin, and once again posthumously honored Zhe Mercy as an Imperial Noble Concubine, that is, The Noble Concubine of Emperor Zhe Mercy. "Zhe" means innocence and cleanliness in Manchu, and "compassion" has a pity meaning, which shows that in Qianlong's heart, he felt very sorry for the early death of his woman.
However, what people did not expect was that in April of the thirteenth year of Qianlong, the Nala clan (that is, Qianlong's successor), who had just been promoted to imperial concubines, actually led the harem concubines to the Funeral Palace of Jing'an Zhuang to pay homage to Emperor Huixian and Emperor Zhexin. Emperor Huixian's noble concubine was the first side of the Qianlong Qiandi Fujin, and it was reasonable for the Nala clan to pay tribute to her, but why did the Nala clan, who was also the Fujin of the Qianlong Qiandi, pay tribute to a concubine (Zhe Mercy) who was born as a palace maid?
The author speculates that this is likely to be from Qianlong's intention.
In the seventeenth year of Qianlong, the construction of the Qianlong Yuling Tomb was completed, and in this year, the noble concubines of the Zhe Mercy Emperor were buried in the Yuling Underground Palace together with Empress Xiaoxian and the Noble Concubines of the Huixian Emperor, and if so, the Zhe Mercy, who had been suspended for 18 years, could finally enter the earth.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, General Genealogy of the Eight Banners of Manchurian Clans