Su Ma Lagu is a very special character in the "Kangxi Dynasty", although she is only a maid by Empress Xiaozhuang's side, but because of her intelligence, Empress Xiaozhuang specially asked her to teach the Kangxi Emperor cultural knowledge; because Kangxi and Su Ma Lagu spent a long time together, Kangxi moved his desire to marry her as a concubine, but Kangxi did not do so, because Su Ma Lagu insisted on refusing to marry; finally she chose to become a nun, and not long after Empress Xiaozhuang Wen died, she also died.
After all, there is a big gap between film and television dramas and real history, so what kind of person is the real Su Ma Lama in history? It is said that her status in the harem is very high, and what is the reliable historical basis????
Su Ma Lagu stills
Flipping through the historical documents of the Qing Dynasty, you can actually unveil the mysterious legend of Su Ma Lagu. Originally known as Sumer, She was born into a poor Mongolian herdsman's family. Born intelligent and beautiful, she was soon appreciated by the Horqin Belle Mansion and became the personal maid of the second lady Bumubutai.
In feudal society, the fate of the maid next to the lady was always in solidarity with the lady she served, so as the second lady of the Horqin Province was selected to marry the emperor Taiji, Su Ma Lagu also accompanied the master to marry, from Shengjing to the Forbidden City, and in this way, Su Ma Lagu also became a member of the harem. ????
Su Mo'er stills
Her high status in the harem is mainly manifested in the following aspects. First, Su Ma Lama was Empress Xiaozhuang's right-hand man and Kangxi's enlightenment teacher. After the Shunzhi Emperor ascended the throne, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi and Xiaozhuang could only meet once in January.
This kind of unreasonable rule made it impossible for Empress Xiaozhuang to support and teach the Shunzhi Emperor, not to mention that the power of the imperial court at that time was still in the hands of Dorgon. Therefore, Su Ma Lama served as a secret liaison between mother and son, and she relied on her extraordinary courage and wisdom to secretly deliver letters to their mother and son, and the confidentiality work was done very well.
Portrait of Su Ma Lagu
Su Ma Lama and Empress Xiaozhuang lived together day and night for more than 60 years, and the two of them had long gone beyond the ordinary master-servant relationship, and even loved each other as sisters. Although on the surface the two were known as masters and servants, in private Empress Xiaozhuang called her Gege. It was out of trust in Su Ma that Xiaozhuang made her Kangxi's Manchu teacher.
Under the meticulous teachings of Su Ma Lagu, Kangxi not only succeeded in his studies, but also mastered a lot of Mongolian and Sinology knowledge, and was familiar with many human affairs. Therefore, she has always been called "Eun Niang" and "Eun Nie" by Kangxi, which can also be seen that her true position in Kangxi's heart is actually no different from her biological mother. ???
Second: Su Ma Lagu raised the crown prince as a concubine, and after her death, the Kangxi Emperor was buried according to the concubine ceremony, which was enough to reflect the particularity of her status. When Xiaozhuang died, Su Ma Lama was already a white-haired old man in her 70s, and the death of her master hit her quite hard, and Su Ma Lagu, who was alone, was surrounded by sad emotions all day.
In order to divert her grief, the Kangxi Emperor deliberately entrusted the twelve sons of the emperor to her to raise; however, according to the practice of the Harem of the Qing Dynasty, only concubines above the concubine were eligible to raise the crown prince, that is to say, although there was no concubine, the status of Su Ma Lagu was no different from that of a concubine.
When she died of illness, Kangxi took care of the funeral for Su Ma Lagu according to the courtesy of concubines, which was indeed a very high honor for Su Ma Lagu, who was not a member of the royal family. To sum up, Su Ma Lama did enjoy a very high status in the harem, and she was also a unique special woman in the history of the Qing Dynasty.