After the empress died, Shusheng advised Qianlong to establish a new one, but was beheaded by Qianlong
In the period of feudal society in ancient China, the emperor's authority was supreme, it could be called the son of the mandate of heaven above ten thousand people, and the emperor and ordinary people also had more privileges than ordinary people, for example, in terms of marrying wives, it was not surprising that ordinary officials and nobles had three wives and four concubines, most of the ordinary people were monogamous, and the emperor had three thousand harem beauties, and there were many emperors in history who abandoned the government and became absurd.
Of course, in ancient times, there were also many dedicated emperors, although there were many concubines in the same harem, but they have always been concerned about one person, and it has also been passed down as a good story by later generations, and the Qing Dynasty has an infatuated emperor who has changed his personality because of the death of the empress. This emperor was the Qianlong Emperor. Speaking of Qianlong, everyone is more familiar with it, he is the grandson of Kangxi, continuing the last glorious and prosperous era of the feudal era of "Kangqian's prosperous life", during Qianlong's reign, although the phenomenon of literal prison was serious, the country's economy was prosperous and the social order was stable, so on the whole Qianlong was a Ming emperor with outstanding merits.
Qianlong's most favored wife in his life was Empress Xiaoxian, in fact, when Qianlong was still a prince, he already had 10 wives such as Fujin and Fujin, and after ascending to the throne, there were many concubines in the harem, and among them, Qianlong's real favorite was Empress Xiaoxian. In the thirteenth year of Qianlong, the Qianlong Emperor prepared to tour the east, first to inspect the people's feelings, second to visit the former residence of Confucius, and third to climb to the top of Mount Tai.
For this eastern tour of the Qianlong Emperor has been preparing for a year of time, at the critical moment, Huang Qizi actually died tragically, Empress Xiaoxian was grief-stricken, and her physical condition was deteriorating, although Qianlong could not bear to let the frail Empress Xiaoxian follow him on the eastern tour, but he was reluctant to leave Empress Xiaoxian, and at that time, Qin Tianjian happened to observe the "guest star" appearing to mean disaster. However, due to the subsequent recuperation of the empress's body, Qianlong also agreed to let the empress tour the east together.
At that time, for several days the empress saw the god Bixia Yuanjun who guarded the town of Taishan in a dream, so Qianlong also accompanied the empress to the Bixia Palace to visit the Bixia Yuanjun during the eastern tour, but unfortunately, during the eastern tour, a heavy snow fell on March 3, and the sudden cold weather caused the empress to relapse from her old illness, and she died a few days later. The empress's death had a huge impact on Qianlong's character, and he became very irritable, depressed and uninhibited all day, writing countless poems to mourn the empress.
Later, a scholar felt that the country could not be without an empress for a day, so he dared to advise Qianlong to establish a new empress, but Qianlong replied that he was too old to establish a new empress, and he was eager to live and die with Empress Xiaoxian, so he beheaded this "ignorant" scholar.