Compared with the emperors of other dynasties, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were mostly decent, and there were no particularly cruel and tyrannical people, but this did not mean that these emperors were good at serving, and for the women of the harem, the life of serving the emperor was never simple. In the eyes of ordinary people, harem concubines are all golden bodies, but in fact, many women have been walking on thin ice, especially during the reign of the Daoguang Emperor, the concubines were constantly demoted or other punishments.
At that time, there was a woman, who was demoted by the emperor when she first entered the palace, and gave birth to 4 sons in a row in 5 years, and what is even more surprising is that the last few Qing emperors are all her descendants. This woman is the Zhuangshun Emperor's noble concubine Wu Yashi, she looks very beautiful, the family lineage is even more prominent, when she first entered the palace, the original title was "Xiu Guiren", but the emperor especially valued her, so he personally gave her the title of "Lin Guiren".
Just when she thought that she would inevitably soar in the future, the moody Daoguang Emperor suddenly ordered her to be demoted, and she was reduced to "Xiu Changzai" when she first entered the palace. At that time, the demoted woman in the harem would inevitably give up on herself, but she insisted on not giving up and carefully continued to live in the harem. Fortunately, two years later, she finally regained the favor of the emperor, and soon after gave birth to an imperial heir, and was subsequently crowned as a "concubine".
Later, when she successfully gave birth to Crown Prince Yizhen, she reached the position of "Princess Lin", so she gave birth to 4 children in a row in 5 years. It should be known that the Daoguang Emperor did not have many children in his lifetime, only 9 sons in his lifetime, two of whom died when he was a child, and the last 3 young princes born were born of the Wuya clan, and when she gave birth to the youngest prince, she was crowned as "Lin Guifei", and her status was extremely honorable.
When she first entered the palace, she was only 16 years old, a full 40 years younger than the emperor, so when the emperor died, she was only 29 years old, and then she was honored by the newly enthroned Xianfeng Emperor as "Princess Lingui". Later, after the Tongzhi Emperor ascended the throne, he also called her "Princess Lin", and eventually, she died of illness in the 5th year of Tongzhi at the age of 45. Surprisingly, after her death, her descendants shined in the late Qing Dynasty.
The Tongzhi Emperor died young, leaving no son behind, resulting in a disconnection in the most orthodox bloodline of the Qing dynasty royal family, and subsequently, under the arrangement of Empress Dowager Cixi, the eldest son of her son Yizhen was put on the throne, known as the Guangxu Emperor, and the last emperor Puyi, who later ascended the throne, was also one of her descendants. No one thought that the concubines who were demoted as soon as they entered the palace became the ancestors of the last Qing Emperor, and the fate of the women in the harem was really difficult to figure out.
Reference: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty