In recent years, the Qing Palace drama has attracted quite a lot of attention, and one after another large-scale productions such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the Harem", "Yanxi Raiders", "Ruyi Zhuan" have entered the audience's field of vision, and in the heated discussion of people, the imperial harem of the Qing Dynasty has become the object of people's attention. One of the most frequently appeared characters in these plays is Yongzheng's concubines.
Yongzheng's Niu Cobalt Lu clan was the champion of the Palace Fight, and she became the supreme empress dowager. However, among all the concubines of Yongzheng, the longest-lived one was not the Niu Cobalt Lu clan, but the Geng clan. Geng Shi did not have the favor of Yongzheng, nor did she have a noble origin, but her life was stable, and in the end she was still the head of the concubines, what kind of life did she have?
Born from a humble origin, he met a good man
During the Kangxi Dynasty, Yongzheng was only the Prince of Yong and was not very favored. At that time, there was a slave in Prince Yong's palace, and he had a beautiful daughter. Prince Yong took the woman as a concubine, but the slave was born and only gave the position of Gege, and later Prince Yong became less and less interested in her, and the status of the Geng clan in the palace was not high.
However, the Geng clan had a good sister in the Yong Prince's palace, the Niu Cobalt Lu clan. The Qing Dynasty was a different dynasty, the Manchus were noble, and the Han were slaves. However, in the Manchus, there are also high and low nobles, and the criterion for distinguishing between them is the surname, and the Niu Cobalt Lu clan was a noble surname at that time. After Yongzheng's Niu Cobalt Lu clan entered the palace, her status was higher, and the Geng clan befriended her, so Geng's life was much better.
Entering the palace as a concubine, her life was uneventful and became the biggest winner
Later, Prince Yong ascended the throne as emperor and became the Yongzheng Emperor, and all the wives and concubines in the palace entered the palace to become concubines, and the palace fight drama began. Niu Cobalt Lu clan is the prototype of Zhen Huan in "The Biography of Zhen Huan", Geng Shi is the prototype of the "Duan Concubine" in it, and in actual history, Niu Cobalt Lu Clan is not stupid and sweet, and Duan Fei is not a sick seedling.
Among all the concubines, the Niu Cobalt Lu clan was very popular with the emperor, and had both appearance and means. Yongzheng's fourth brother came from a humble background, his birth mother died very early, and Yongzheng did not love him very much. But Niu Cobalt Lu clan is very smart, she thinks that the fourth brother is actually very smart, will become a big talent in the future, plus she has no children, so she raised the fourth brother.
The status of the Niu Cobalt Lu clan has been rising, coupled with Yongzheng Aiwu and Wu, it is found that the four brothers are actually not bad, and may be able to take over this great jiangshan. Facts have proved that the fourth brother, the future Qianlong Emperor, is indeed the best candidate for the emperor.
In this way, in the palace fight, the Geng clan had the care of the Niu Hulu clan and has been safe and sound. Geng shi also gave birth to the fifth brother, so she was also a relatively status person in the palace. It's just that her humble origin has always been an indelible brand, which is one of the important reasons why the fifth brother did not become a prince, she is not honorable, it can only be plain.
Until the Niu Cobalt Lu clan became the empress dowager and the Geng clan became the imperial concubine, their relationship was also excellent. Niu Cobalt Lu died at the age of 86, which can be described as a wealth, but geng lived to the age of 97 and lived a safe life. Because of her high status and great age, she was buried as the head of Yongzheng's concubines after her death, and the funeral was also very well received.
Once entering the palace door as deep as the sea, one can win to the end, one is a person like Niu Cobalt Lu who is smart and dares to fight for it, and the other is an obscure but reliable person like Geng. I have to say that without the help of the Niu Hulu clan, the Geng clan, with its own origin, is likely to never emerge with its son.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Biography of Zhen Huan