The second marriage entered the palace and was promoted two levels in a row
There was a concubine of the second marriage in Qianlong's harem.
She was very pampered since she entered the palace at the age of 27, and the signs were all turned over by Qianlong, and later qianlong was in pain after the death of this concubine, and she was even more resigned for three days.
Who is this concubine? What ability did the emperor have to make her so exclusive?
In the TV series "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", many people must know that there is a person named Han Xiang.
Han Xiang was born with a strange fragrance and could attract butterflies to fly around her, because her appearance was exceptionally beautiful, coupled with this novel "skill", so the emperor was particularly kind to her.
However, the heart of The Fragrance is not in the emperor, she originally had a beloved person, after being incorporated into the harem by the emperor, she has always wanted to escape from the cage and fly with her lover.
Of course, the story about Han Xiang in the TV series is still a lot of fabrication, and in the real history, the prototype of Han Xiang still has some discrepancies with it.
So is there any such legendary story in the real history of Han Xiang? Does her body really have a strange fragrance?
In the Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, there are only a few records of this concubine:
There are also Concubine Rong, and Zhuo Shi, Huibu Taiji and Zazunu. Entering the palace for the first time, the number of nobles. Progressive as a concubine. swarming.
The historical prototype of Han Xiang is Rong Fei, that is, He Zhuo.
Concubine Rong had no heirs and did not become a noble concubine, although the "Qing History Manuscript" mentioned a sentence about her life, but this does not deny the fact that she was once favored.
Rong Fei is a Uyghur woman, she stands out because she wears a different fragrance, because of the explosion of the image of "XiangFei", so there are many legends, and even some people have begun to analyze the reasons why Xiangfei has a different fragrance.
In later generations, many literati and inkers also began to follow the trend, and also made up some so-called wild histories, arranged many legendary stories for her, and finally passed through folk circulation, and reached the point where it was difficult to distinguish between true and false.
Therefore, whether Rong Fei has a different fragrance on her body, this matter has been impossible to verify, so today we will understand what kind of story Rong Fei has in the main history.
During the Yongzheng period, he and Zhuo were born in an aristocratic family in Xinjiang, and Zhuo's father was the leader of the local tribe, so his identity with Zhuo was originally extraordinary.
The Hezhuo family was originally detained by the Dzungars, and the southern Xinjiang region began to launch a rebellion to prepare for an armed rebellion against the Qing, and Qianlong rescued the Hezhuo family when he led his troops to pacify the Dzungars.
At that time, after Qianlong unified Xinjiang, he And Zhuo's family was sent to the palace as "dismissed by her husband".
This year and Zhuo Shi are already 27 years old, smart and beautiful, and to be honest, the age is not too big, which is when women are most attractive.
He Zhuo was thus sacrificed to Qianlong by his brother, and Qianlong made her a nobleman, so from this place, Qianlong's attitude towards her was not fanatical, at least not much different from other concubines.
In the process of Qianlong's unification of Xinjiang, it was resisted by many tribes, but the Hezhuo clan was very firm in support of Qianlong, and for this reason, many scholars in later generations believed that:
The original intention of being sent to the palace with Zhuo Shi was more of a political marriage.
In order to please the beauties, there is nothing that Qianlong cannot do
In the twenty-fifth year of Qianlong, he entered the palace with Zhuo Shi and was named a nobleman. However, within a few days of entering the palace, she was promoted two levels in a row and was given the title of Concubine Rong.
It is worth mentioning that Princess Rong was not only deeply liked by the Emperor, but even the Empress Dowager NiuHulu also loved her very much, and when Princess Rong was promoted from a noble person to a concubine, she was crowned by the Empress Dowager.
Therefore, Concubine Rong did not want to escape from the palace as in the TV series, on the contrary, she was very good at dealing with people, and a small concubine could make the empress dowager personally order the canonization, which showed that she was very pleasing to people, at least it could show that she was a smart person.
On the other hand, in addition to being really favored by the emperor, she thought that her special status was also an important factor, because she and zhuo firmly supported Qianlong, so for her, the status that should be given was naturally to be given.
Although at this moment, he and Zhuo Shi were only a concubine, but in this period, this status was already very high.
At that time, it coincided with the death of the successor Uranara clan, and then the birth mother of the Jiaqing Emperor Ling Guifei died, and Qianlong did not re-enthron the title of noble concubine.
At that time, the highest position in the harem was the concubine, and Concubine Rong was one of the six concubines.
More importantly, Concubine Ling was so favored that it took decades to give birth to six or seven children before she sat on the seat of the imperial concubine.
However, It took Only 7 years for Concubine Rong to be directly promoted to the concubine position, and she had no heirs and had not raised a prince, so it can be said that there is no credit that can be taken.
Although she has the support of her mother's family behind her, most of the women in the harem are of noble status, and even the Mongolian princess Yingfei does not have this treatment.
So it can be fully seen that in addition to the reason for her identity, Qianlong also really likes her.
We all know that no matter what ethnic group the woman in the harem is, as long as she enters the palace, she must strictly follow the palace rules, whether it is dress or rules, there are strict requirements.
However, this was an exception for Concubine Rong.
The Xiangfei in "Huan Zhu GeGe" wears a beautiful white dress, and the style is Uyghur service, which is more in line with history.
Because Qianlong specifically ordered that Concubine Rong be allowed to wear her favorite service, afraid that she would not be accustomed to Manchu meals, he also specially invited her to be a Hui cook.
This is not the end, just to invite a cook is not enough to please the beauty, in order to make the beauty smile, Qianlong is racking his brains.
The places where the Hui people live usually have temples of worship, which is a tradition of the Hui people, so Qianlong thought: Now that Concubine Rong has left her hometown and come to the palace, will she miss home?
Qianlong began to plan to get a pavilion similar to his hometown for the beauty, Qianlong lacked nothing and did not lack money, since he thought of a way, then do it.
He hired a professional architect and built a "Wangjia Building" for Concubine Rong according to the appearance of her hometown, which is now the location of West Long Street.
After the building was built, Qianlong deliberately let the people from her hometown who followed Concubine Rong live in it, and when Concubine Rong was homesick, she let the palace maid accompany her to go to the Wangjia building for a walk.
It can be seen that Qianlong tried his best to please the beauties, but he had tried his best, how could Concubine Rong not be moved?
How bizarre is the death of "Xiangfei"
It is said that "people are not red", which is very appropriate to put on Concubine Rong.
Since the saying that "the fragrant concubine carries a strange fragrance" has been circulated, there have been many strange legends about her, from her birth to her death.
Princess Rong was 55 years old when she died, and after her death, Qianlong was devastated and gave her three days to show his condolences.
So as to how Concubine Rong died, there are many legends in later generations, she died at the hands of the empress dowager.
It is said that Princess Rong has always been worried about her lover before entering the palace, and although Qianlong has done so many things for her to make her happy, she still has not changed her mind.
When the empress dowager saw her son like this, she was heartbroken, so she summoned Concubine Rong to her bedchamber and asked her whether she would ever obey, and Princess Rong was in pain and shouted, "You have arrested me and forced me to be a concubine." ”
The empress dowager was furious and ordered someone to strangle her with a white aya.
This is by far the most extensive account of Concubine Rong's death, but this version is clearly untenable.
When Princess Rong died, it was fifty-three years after Qianlong, and when the empress dowager died, it was qianlong forty-two years, and there was a difference of more than ten years in between, and when Princess Rong died, the empress dowager was already gone.
According to relevant records, the last item that Princess Rong was rewarded with was the spring orange of tribute, and Because Princess Rong had never given birth to a son and a half daughter for Qianlong, she had regrets until her death.
From this point of view alone, there is no such thing as Concubine Rong being coerced into becoming a concubine.
After Princess Rong's death, Qianlong once wanted to send her body back to her hometown for burial, but because of this incompatibility, according to the ancestral system, no matter where the concubine was, she would be buried in the concubine's garden after death.
Qianlong's idea was opposed and eventually ended, but later Qianlong, in order to let the palace people not forget Concubine Rong, also specially gave the jewelry items she used during her life to the palace people and some Hui people.
In 1788, Concubine Rong died and was buried in the concubine garden.
Although there are many legends about the "Tomb of Xiangfei" and "Tomb of Hezhuo" in later generations, according to relevant information, the authenticity of these legends is very low.
In October 1979, the Qing Dongling Cultural Relics Conservation Institute cleaned up the place, and in the rongfei underground palace recorded in the historical records, not only the bones were found, but also many extremely valuable cultural relics were excavated.
The staff first made a relevant appraisal of this skeleton, determined that it was the skeleton of an alien woman, and after many historical data inquiries, it was determined that this was Rong Fei herself.
In the process of identification, it was not found that any special genes can cause Concubine Rong to carry a different fragrance, that is to say, the authenticity of the "body fragrance" is not high, and it should be a legend compiled by later generations.
It can be said that RongFei's life is also legendary, but every woman in the harem has some experiences of happiness or sorrow, in fact, throughout Rongfei's life, she is only like other harem women, a victim of the feudal era.
It can only be said that the characters of Xiangfei in the book take Concubine Rong as a reference, but they are not the same person, and Xiangfei was born to chase freedom, chase beautiful love, and rebel against feudal imperial power.
However, the historical Concubine Rong was locked in the deep palace all her life, there was no love story happening, and she had no ability to resist the imperial power, and the only thing she could do was to keep her position as a protector of her mother's family.