In the 300 years of the Qing Dynasty, there were very few women in the harem who really started and ended well. Most of them are either red-faced and short-lived, or experience ups and downs, of course, there are also the first half of their lives through suffering, and finally bitter. But there are only one or two who really enjoy the glory and wealth from the beginning to the end. The woman we are going to talk about today who enjoyed all the glory and wealth in the harem of the Qing Dynasty is Empress Xiaoshengxian of the Niu Cobalt Lu clan, that is, the birth mother of the Qianlong Emperor. Niu Cobalt Lu experienced the three periods of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, and not only stood tall in the harem all his life, but also witnessed the most brilliant era of the Qing Dynasty.
At the beginning, Niu Hulu was actually just the daughter of a petty official, so compared to other concubines, she really did not have much advantage, at the thirteenth time, she was elected to the palace and married Yongzheng, who was still the prince at the time, although she married in the past, but Niu Hulu had never even seen Yongzheng, and she had to give several main rooms to serve thoughtfully, but she had always insisted. After the outbreak of the epidemic in the capital, even Yongzheng was infected, at this time, when those who were pleasing to them left one by one, the Niu Hulu clan suddenly appeared, accompanied by Yongzheng day by day, and tried their best to meet all the needs of the other party.
Day and night accompanied by Yongzheng's side, Yongzheng at that time was also very moved, after recovering from a serious illness, he was very fond of the concubines with very low status, but Yongzheng's feelings for her were not very warm. In fact, Niu Hulu's heart is very clear that her husband's love for her, not really have feelings, but just grateful for her care in the illness, in the Kangxi years this woman gave birth to a son, named Hongli, when she was a new mother was very happy, although she gave birth to a child, but the identity did not improve, and then Hongli gradually grew up, when entering the palace by the grandfather's favor, this time Niu Hulu clan also stained the light of the son.
Hongli was very clever when he was a prince, and he was very measured in his work. Finally, after he was crowned to the throne, the Niu Cobalt Lu clan naturally became the empress dowager. Qianlong was very filial to his mother, and when he went out on a parade, he would take his mother with him, including flowers and hunting. Under Qianlong's meticulous care, Niu Cobalt Lu's body has always been very good. When she was eighty-five years old, a wind chill in the first month made the empress dowager sick. Fourteen days later, Xian passed away in the Yuanmingyuan. Qianlong collected his mother's long hair during his lifetime and specially built a Tibetan-style pagoda. In the three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, only she enjoyed the glory and wealth of her life, and left a strand of hair after her death.