In February of the twelfth year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1673), a group of fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls came to wait outside the Shenwu Gate in their respective horses (mules) cars. Everyone looked nervous, and no one dared to speak.
At this time, I only heard an old eunuch shouting in the voice of a crow: "Everyone is standing well, don't move, I will line you up." ”
No girl dared not listen, and they were like chess pieces, allowing the eunuchs to move. According to the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han order, the old eunuch first ranked the Manchu girls first.
After everyone calmed down, the old eunuch took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and read it to it: "So-and-so, come to the front." What he read was a relative of the harem concubine, who greeted him in advance, of course, to take care of him.
The old eunuch took a piece of paper from the other sleeve, raised it up, and shouted, "Above this is the show girl who left the brand in the previous session, and whoever I name will come to the front." If you do not come after three clicks, it is regarded as an abstention. ”
Finally, there are the newly selected show girls, lined up in order of age. The 14-year-old Wu Yashi and the 13-year-old Wan Liuhashi were arranged to the last echelon and followed the fish.
No one could have imagined that these two shy girls, one became the empress of the Qing Dynasty (posthumously), the empress dowager, and the other was the longest-lived concubine in the history of the two thousand years of emperors.
Then, the eunuchs took them inside the Shenwu Gate, gathered them in the order they had previously arranged in front of the Shunzhen Gate, and let the emperor and empress choose after entering the Shunzhen Gate.
According to the "Compilation of Han Edicts of the Yongzheng Dynasty", the Dingfei Wanliu Ha clan and the Wu Ya clan entered the palace on the same day to draft, and both were left with signs.
In fact, these two girls are plain-looking, and they definitely do not have the appearance of falling into the country. They were not from a high birth, so how could such a woman be chosen and favored by the Kangxi Emperor?
As everyone knows, the Qing Dynasty paid more attention to the "beauty and disaster of the country". When it comes to the draft, the empress dowager first pays attention to the origin, then looks at the body, and finally the appearance. And everyone must dress uniformly, and it is strictly forbidden to wear it without permission.
Not convinced? Looking at the photos of the concubines of the late Qing Dynasty, some people may be disappointed--- the so-called three thousand beautiful ladies are just stories in fairy tales.
After leaving the brand, it does not mean that you will become a concubine, but also after re-election. Those selected by the re-election are candidates for concubines, and some refer to the marriage of royal princes or clan families.
The rest become lowly palace women, and it is their duty to serve their masters every day. Unfortunately, neither the Uya clan nor the Wanliu Ha clan was given the title, and both became palace women.
However, as long as it is a harem woman, whether a concubine or a palace maid, it belongs to the personal belongings of the only man in this palace, and he can enjoy it at any time.
As a result, in the third year of entering the palace, the Wuya clan was occasionally visited by the Kangxi Emperor, and in the seventeenth year of Kangxi (1678), the fourth son of the emperor Yin Chan was born. This year, she was only 18 years old.
Next, she became increasingly favored, and successively gave birth to two sons and three daughters for Kangxi, namely the sixth son of the emperor, Yin Zuo, the seventh daughter of the emperor, the ninth daughter of the emperor, the twelfth daughter of the emperor, and the fourteenth son of the emperor, Yin Yu. With the brilliant results of giving birth to six children, Wu Ya's crown is overwhelming.
In the sixty-first year of the Kangxi Dynasty (1722), after the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, he honored her as the Empress Dowager. However, she only became the empress dowager for less than a year, and then she went with Kangxi at the age of 64.
Compared with the Uya clan, the girlfriend Wanliu Ha clan is not so favored. In the twenty-fourth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, she was already 25 years old before she opened her branches and gave birth to the twelfth son of the emperor, Yin Qi.
But she has never had a name during this period, and has been a concubine for decades. It was not until December of 57 that when the Kangxi collectively crowned the old concubine, she was made a concubine.
After the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, he was instructed by Empress Dowager Yi: "The mother of the Twelve Brothers, who served the Imperial Examination for many years, was very cautious, and was a concubine for a long time, and now she is crowned as a concubine." ”
During the Yongzheng period, Concubine Ding was raised in the residence of her son Prince Yin, allowing her to enjoy the joys of heaven.
In the Qianlong Dynasty, Qianlong was very filial to her, and every festival of the year, she would enter the palace and give poetry to offer her life, also known as a grand event in the palace. On the occasion of the ninetieth birthday of Concubine Ding, the Qianlong Emperor personally went to the mansion to congratulate her.
She lived until the twenty-second year of Qianlong, and died at the residence of Prince Yin of Lu at the age of ninety-seven.
She was the longest-lived concubine in the ancient harem, living to nearly 100 years old, and she was called the crown of the queen concubines.
Two ordinary girls who entered the palace on the same day created their own miracles in life!
