In the TV series, the Yongzheng Emperor's love for Zhen Huan is obvious to all, although there is some misunderstanding between the two, but the emperor loves her deeply. In fact, in the real history, the relationship between the two of them is not particularly good, and the status of Zhen Huan of the NiuHulu clan is not very high. In historical sources, many people suspect that Zhen Huan is not a Manchu woman, but a Han Chinese, so if she is really a Han woman, why would history hide her identity?
According to historical records, after Zhen Huan gave birth to Hongli, Yongzheng did not love her much, but he did not treat her badly in terms of fame, and after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he made Zhen Huan a concubine. Within a few years, she was promoted to a noble concubine, and before Yongzheng's death, she was seated as an imperial concubine, and at that time, Yongzheng's empress had also died, so Niu Hulu became the most powerful woman in the harem.
Zhen Huan's life, although not how happy it is, is also comfortable compared with the women in the harem, has not experienced any big winds and waves, and is getting better and better in terms of status and power. But there are indeed rumors in history about her origins, they say: Qianlong's mother is Han Chinese, but why is her surname Niu Hulu? This is the surname of the Manchus. In the "Records of Emperor Zongxian of the Qing Dynasty", it is recorded that after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he gave his wives and concubines the title of Concubine Xi, but in another Qing Palace material, it is recorded that the Gege Qian clan was named Xi Concubine, why are the same Xi Concubine but two surnames appear in different historical materials?
Some people may think that there will be a phenomenon of the same title, but when the Qing Dynasty is canonized, it is not allowed to have a duplicate name, let alone an emperor's harem, even if the women of the entire Qing Dynasty harem are accumulated, it is impossible to find the same title. So the only possibility is that the time of the record of this car is different, and someone has changed the surname of Concubine Xi.
The surname Qian is not Manchu at first hearing, but a Han surname, which is a typical Han surname in southern China, and it is absolutely impossible to find the surname Qian in the Manchu surname, so we speculate that Qianlong's mother is likely to be Han Chinese. Because Qianlong was the heir to the throne, he must have a noble bloodline, and his birth mother must also be an aristocrat, how could the world established by the Manchus make the children of the Han people become emperors?
As early as the Shunzhi period, Empress Xiaozhuang had already established such a rule. Because the dividends were very good, and they were also the princes of kangxi and Yongzheng, who had high hopes, if the throne was passed to him, it was necessary to ensure the nobility of his mother's blood. Therefore, experts speculate that Yongzheng changed Qian's surname to Manchurian yellow flag Niu Hulu in order to be able to conform to the rules of his ancestors, and let her recognize the minister Ling Zhu as his father.
However, some people speculate that Qianlong, in order to show the purity of his own blood, privately changed the recorded Qian clan to the NiuHulu clan. However, this information does show that Qianlong's mother is probably Han Chinese, because when Qianlong was in the lower Jiangnan, he had repeatedly visited the south on his mother's orders, which may also be her nostalgia for her hometown in Jiangnan.