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Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

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In September 2020, the hit dramas "Yanxi Raiders" and "Ruyi's Legend" were removed from the shelves in less than 24 hours, so that the Qing Palace fighting drama, which had been noisy for a long time, died down in a very short time. The official did not give the reason for the removal of these works about the intrigue of harem concubines, but there was a lively paragraph in the market, giving various speculations: for example, the episodes are too long, and it is seventy or eighty episodes at random; For example, Zhou Xun, Huo Jianhua and other big coffees easily earned 150 million silver with a drama; for example, preaching luxury and guiding incorrect value orientation, the costumes of harem concubines such as Empress Fucha and Concubine Gao could not move hundreds of thousands of yuan. Wait, wait......

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Looking at various speculations, there is a common reason that these palace fighting dramas have different degrees of tampering with history. This kind of palace fighting drama that has earned enough traffic under the banner of formal drama will affect people's cognition of real history from a small aspect, and to a large extent, tampering with history at will is disrespect for history and an impact on national culture.

Recently, I have found out "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Ruyi", "Yanxi Raiders", etc., because the episodes are too long and take up too much time, resulting in the recent articles being much slower.

Since you watched the traffic drama, write a real Qianlong harem.

Did the concubines of the Qianlong Emperor look good? What are their stories? Start with a painting

The women in the harem of the Qing Dynasty were also "grade" like the ministers of the previous dynasty, and the most honorable was naturally the Empress Dowager. After entering the customs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, she studied Confucianism and ruled the world with filial piety, and as the emperor's wife, her status was even higher than that of the emperor.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Song Chunli, who was originally going to play with the Empress Dowager for a friendly performance, was shocked by more than a dozen sets of performance clothes for supporting roles

In ancient China, polygamy was practiced, and the children born to concubines were nominally the children of the right wife. In the palace, the empress was naturally the right wife, and when the emperor died, the empress was upgraded to become the empress. If the new emperor is the Empress Dowager's own child, then naturally there is no problem. But if the new emperor's own wife is a concubine, that is, a concubine of the people, this son will have to seek justice for his mother-in-law, how can he also promote his own mother to a queen mother. In ancient times, because there were two empresses in the palace, there were many troubles. The more famous such as Song Renzong, after the death of the old empress dowager, he actually wanted to take revenge and wanted to take the name of the old empress, he didn't think that if there was no old empress, he would not be able to become the emperor. Fortunately, his own wife was still good, although she was bullied by the queen when she was a concubine, she still stood up in time to stop her son's fooling.

In the Qing Dynasty, if there were two empresses, the original empress was honored as the "Empress Dowager", which was higher in status than the "Virgin Empress" of the emperor's own wife. When the Tongzhi Emperor was the emperor, the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces obeyed the government, and the status of Empress Dowager Ci'an was higher than that of Empress Dowager Cixi. However, the powerful Cixi did not need his own son to do it, anyway, Empress Dowager Ci'an suddenly fell ill and died.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

"The Legend of Zhen Huan" was broadcast early, and it was fortunate not to be banned

The Empress Dowager in "The Legend of Ruyi" and "Yanxi Raiders" is Zhen Huan, and although there are many folk legends, she still became the Empress Dowager who combines her mother and the Virgin. As for why the Yongzheng Emperor's empress Ulanara clan (Empress Xiaojingxian) did not become the empress dowager, it was because she died in the ninth year of the Yongzheng Dynasty. After that, the Yongzheng Emperor was not established again. After Qianlong ascended the throne, in order to establish the orthodox title for his biological mother or adoptive mother, he added the title of Empress Xiaosheng Xian for the Niu Cobalt Lu clan, which was equivalent to marrying a full wife to his father, and the Yongzheng Emperor could not object. It can be seen that "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is also tampering with history.

The two dramas are as beautiful as Chinese women, and with beautiful costumes, they are very good-looking, which can be seen from the stills of the two dramas.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Since the introduction of photographic technology to China, the harem of the Qing Dynasty has taken a lot of photos, so that many people have subverted their cognition and lamented that there are no beauties in the harem of the Qing Dynasty! Actually, this is wrong! Due to Cixi's selfishness, the Empress Longyu (Cixi's niece) and Concubine Jin she chose for the Guangxu Emperor were indeed not beautiful, but Empress Dowager Longyu resolutely decided to abdicate the Qing Emperor after the Xinhai Revolution, avoiding the civil war in the whole country and the suffering of the people from the swordsmanship. And Concubine Jin manages the harem, and she remembers every account clearly, and the calligraphy is indeed beautiful. It is undeniable that Guangxu's concubine Zhen is beautiful, and without Cixi's constraints, Puyi's empress Wanrong and concubine Wenxiu are also beautiful.

Zhen Huan couldn't do the same as Cixi, Qianlong was also a strong emperor, and it was the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, and the emperor's harem concubines naturally made people look dazzled. So, what do Qianlong's harem concubines look like?

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Without photographs, without video materials, we can only infer the appearance of Qianlong and his women from historical portraiture. Portraits as a reference are always not photographs, and ancient people and modern people have a distance between aesthetics and beauty skills, and court painters will inevitably embellish their masters. But in any case, the figure on the portrait still has to be more similar to the Buddha-figure, otherwise the painter will not only not get the reward, but may even issue Ninguta.

Lang Shining, born on July 19, 1688 in Milan, Italy, originally named Giuseppe Castiglione, was a court painter who went through the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties. In the Qing court, Lang Shining painted a number of historical paintings for the emperor showing the major events of the time, as well as many portraits of people, walking animals, flowers and birds, and also introduced the European focus perspective painting method to China, assisting the Chinese scholar Nian Xiyao to complete the book "Visual Studies" describing this painting method, becoming an important messenger of cultural exchanges between the East and the West at that time.

Lang Shining has been in China for more than 50 years, and has devoted his whole life to painting and architecture, and has made certain contributions to promoting artistic exchanges between the East and the West. On July 16, 1766 (the 10th day of June in the 31st year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), Lang Shining died in Beijing at the age of 78. The surviving works include "Song Xian Yingzhi Map", "Suburban Pastoral Horse Map", "Sentinel Deer Map", "Qianlong Emperor's Great Reading Map", "Ping An Spring Letter Map", "Jurui Tu" and so on.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

There is an important painting in the Qianlong Dynasty called "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu", which is also known as "Qianlong Emperor's Concubine Scroll". This scroll depicts the Qianlong Emperor and some of his main concubines, created by the famous Qing court painter Lang Shining and his disciples, and the last three portraits (Concubine Xun, Concubine Shun, and Concubine Xun) were added by the court painters. "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu" was originally stored in the Old Summer Palace and is now in the "Cleveland Museum of Art" in the United States.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

The painting is silk, colored, 52.9 cm in height and 688.3 cm in width. Inside were the Qianlong Emperor and his 12 high-ranking concubines. The nearly 7-meter-long scroll cannot be displayed in its entirety. This "Scroll of Concubines and Concubines of the Qianlong Emperor" presents the Qianlong Emperor, Empress, and eleven concubines (Guifei, Chunfei, Jiafei, Lingfei, Shufei, Qing, Ying, Xin, Xin, Shu, Shun, and Xun Concubines) from right to left.

The emperor will not comment, we will focus on women. From the portraits of the concubines, we can glimpse Qianlong's preference for women, and we can also know a little about the fashion of the Qing Dynasty:

1. Whether it is the empress or concubine, the thin and curved willow leaf eyebrows are almost uniform, which is the traditional makeup of women in the Qing Dynasty to highlight the elegant beauty of women.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

2. The "lip makeup" of the concubines was very popular in the Qing Dynasty, and the "lip biting makeup" that has been popular in Korea and popular in Shenzhou in recent years is, in the final analysis, actually copying the "lip makeup" of the Qing Dynasty. In this outfit, the upper lip is only a light color, or only the inner lip color is applied, and the lower lip is only painted in half the tone, making the lips look more like "cherry mouths".

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

3. Enlarge the portrait, the concubines also have the same feature, that is, they have three earrings on their ears. This is the custom of the Manchus. Since birth, the daughter has to wear three ear holes on each ear bead and wear three earrings, which is "one ear and three forceps", that is, two ears have a total of six ear piercings.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Rich women would use gold, silver, jadeite, and jade as earrings, or string two pearls in each earring, while poor women would only use copper rings instead.

In terms of this detail, "Yanxi Raiders" has undoubtedly done its homework, while "Ruyi's Biography" is not rigorous enough. It is no wonder that the investment in the two plays is more than 300 million, but the latter's big names are many and big, and the actor's remuneration is as high as 150 million, while the former does not invite so many big names, the remuneration is only 30 million, naturally you can use the extra money on costume props and dress up beautifully. The result is in popularity and ratings.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Queen Nara, who did not appear in "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu", is the Empress Ruyi played by Zhou Xun in "The Legend of Ruyi"

If you look closely at this painting, while envious of Qianlong's Yanfu, there will be a surprising discovery: although the empress and the concubines are very beautiful, they all look very similar, so you can't help but say, "It seems that Qianlong likes the same series of women, he is good at this mouthful!" In this regard, the two TV series made up for the emperor's shortcomings and arranged beauties of various styles for him.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

It is estimated that every day faces almost a beauty out of a mold, in the long run, it is inevitable to produce aesthetic fatigue, it is no wonder that Qianlong Ye likes to run around, and if there is nothing to do, he will go to Jiangnan, so that many stories have been circulated among the people.

Twenty years of concentricity into the water of death, two eyes of blood and tears spilled the east wind. Is Empress Fucha, who makes Qianlong miss so much, really that good

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

This painting spans more than 40 years, and the portraits of Qianlong and Empress Fucha were by Lang Shining, which is certain. The last three portraits of the concubines were painted by court painters, and it is almost certain that the middle ones may have been painted by Lang Shining, or perhaps co-created with his disciples.

In the scroll, the young Qianlong wears a winter crown, a red tasseled top, a sea dragon skin hat, and a large pearl at the top of the crown; Dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, the leader is embroidered with a multicolored cloud gold dragon in stone green satin, and a sea dragon leather collar. The eyebrows are clear and the look is radiant. Next to the portrait, "The auspicious day of August in the first year of Qianlong" is written in block letters, indicating that the time of painting is 1736 AD.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty (September 25, 1711 – February 7, 1799) was the sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Kangxi was born on August 13, the 50th year of the Yong Dynasty. The fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, his mother Xiao Shengxian Empress Niuhulu. Hongli was loved by his grandfather the Kangxi Emperor since he was a child and raised in the palace. In the first year of Yongzheng (1723), Emperor Shizong of the Qing Dynasty secretly established him as the crown prince, in the eleventh year of Yongzheng (1733) he was made the Prince of Heshuobao, and in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng (1735), the year name was "Qianlong", which means "Heavenly Dao Changlong".

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Empress Xiaoxianchun (March 28, 1712 – April 8, 1748), of the Fucha clan, was a Manchurian Yellow Banner bearer, the first empress of the Qianlong Emperor, the daughter of Li Rongbao, the governor of Chahar, and the sister of Fu Heng, a university scholar. In the fifth year of the Yongzheng Dynasty (1727), when Emperor Gaozong was crown prince, Sejong was canonized as a concubine Fujin at the age of 16 (imaginary years). In the sixth year of Yongzheng (1728), he was born the eldest daughter of Hongli. In the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), he gave birth to his second son, Yonglian. In the ninth year of Yongzheng (1731), she was born the third daughter of Hongli. In August of the thirteenth year of the Yongzheng Dynasty (1735), he was crowned empress by decree. On the fourth day of December in the second year of Qianlong (1737), the empress was canonized. On the eighth day of April in the eleventh year of Qianlong (1746), he gave birth to the seventh son of the emperor, Yongxiang. In February of the thirteenth year of Qianlong (1748), he toured Shandong with the Qianlong Emperor and died on March 21 on the ship Dezhou, Shandong, at the age of 36.

After the death of Empress Fucha, Emperor Gaozong was extremely sad, ordered Cheng to return to Jingshi, and was buried in the Changchun Palace, serving for 12 days. He was specially given the title of Empress Xiaoxian, and wrote "Narrative of Sorrow" and poems to express his sorrow and remembrance for the early death of the empress. In the seventeenth year of Qianlong (1752), he was buried in the Yuling Tomb, which was built by the Qianlong Emperor. In the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799), he was buried with Qianlong in Yuling. After the Jiaqing and Daoguang dynasties, he was all honored as "Xiaoxian Chengzhengdun Murenhuihui Gongkang Shunfu Tianchang Shengchun Empress".

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Judging from the historical records and Qianlong's performance, Qianlong's feelings for Empress Fucha were very deep. She is a good queen in "Yanxi Raiders", and in "The Legend of Ruyi", she is portrayed as a bad queen with hidden intentions behind the surface virtuousness.

"The Legend of the Houfei" is naturally picked up and said, in fact, it can only be used as a reference. The Forbidden City Palace is strictly forbidden, and the judgment of the concubines is not like the ministers of the previous dynasty, which we can draw a comprehensive judgment through both historical records and through the actions of the ministers. In the palace fighting drama, the concubines intrigue, and the two main lines are one is to compete for favors and the other is to frame opponents. The indispensable props are musk, cinnabar and the like. Although these are folklore or screenwriters' brains, it seems that there is also a glimpse of truth from real history.

The positions in the harem of the Qing Dynasty from high to low are: empress, imperial concubine, concubine, concubine, nobleman, Chang Zai, promise, according to historical records, Qianlong has a total of 43 concubines with "grades". In addition to these who have positions, other those who inherit the rain and dew overnight or count the nights, as long as they are not given the Jin seal, can only be "official women". How many of these "official women" and those who were pampered but did not give a position when traveling abroad, it is estimated that Qianlong himself cannot tell.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

An overlooked phenomenon is that the Qianlong Emperor had so many women, but only 10 were pregnant and gave birth. These 10 women gave birth to 17 princes and 10 princesses to the Qianlong Emperor. So, what about the other women, have they been paddling for a long time?

Among the women of Qianlong were three of the Fucha clan, and the most famous was Empress Fucha. Perhaps the Fucha clan was obsessed with the position of empress, and during the Jiaqing year, they sent a little girl to the palace, the Fucha clan. This great-grandfather of the Fucha clan was Ma Qi, a heavy minister during the Kangxi and Yongzheng periods, and Ma Qi was the eldest uncle of Empress Fucha, so in terms of generation, Empress Fucha was the aunt of this young girl.

What the Fucha family did not expect was that this Fucha clan failed to marry the Jiaqing Emperor, but was given to his father by this filial emperor. Perhaps out of his obsession with the Fucha clan, Emperor Taishang accepted this girl as a Jin concubine. A year later, Emperor Taishang died, and the Jin concubine had to stay in the palace, and after three dynasties, she became the last concubine in the Qianlong harem to die.

Because she entered the palace too late, Concubine Jin was unable to appear in the "Qianlong Emperor's Concubine Scroll". In the second year of Jiaqing, Shougui was accepted by the 88-year-old Qianlong like the Jin concubine Fucha, and she was also a little girl. Since her family did not have such a large background, she was only made a nobleman. He died in the fourteenth year of Jiaqing. It is precisely because these two were included in the harem of Emperor Taishang during the Jiaqing period, so there are 41 and 43 people when counting the concubines in the Qianlong harem. It all makes some sense anyway.

Pay attention to the picture of the children of the Qianlong harem above, the mother of the eldest son of the emperor, Yong Huang, is the concubine of the Zheyi Emperor. Qianlong did not ascend the throne until two months after her death, and her imperial concubine title was also posthumously sealed ten years after her death, so it was normal that she was not included in the scroll of the imperial concubine.

Imperial Concubine Zheyi was also of the Fucha clan, but she was not of the same branch as the other two Fucha clan, she was born under the yellow banner and was named Kahari Fucha, and the empress Fucha clan was a Manchurian yellow banner bearer, named Shaji Fucha.

The term coating was first found in the Manchurian Record, referring to the lower class members of the Jurchen tribe, non-blood families adopted and accepted by the ruling family, clan members, and some foreign clansmen. Their special relationship with the ruling family made them the most trusted and loyal courtiers, servants, and right-hand men.

The eight flags are divided into five flags under the upper three flags, and the earlier upper three flags were yellow, yellow, and blue. After Dolgon's regency, he kicked out the blue flag and raised the white flag he had led into the upper three flags. After the end of the Qing dynasty, the upper three flags were not changed.

Shangsanqi has its own household registration and belongs to the main household, and its status belongs to the list of the right banner people. They were directly subordinate to the emperor and belonged to the "emperor's servants". The institution formed by them to serve the royal family, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, balanced the power of eunuchs in the palace and reduced the possibility of eunuch dictatorship. The slave status of the cloth is only as good as that of the royal family and the princes of the clan family, and in society, it is basically in the same rank as the ordinary bannermen in the Eight Banners.

Despite this, when casting girls in the harem, there is still a difference between the origin of the wrapper and the origin of the banner man. Eight Flags draft women, selected once every three years, presided over by the household department, can be prepared for the choice of the queen's concubine, or give marriage to the near branch of the clan room; The three banners show women, selected once a year, are presided over by the Internal Affairs Office, although some eventually become concubines after various efforts, but those who undertake harem chores are all daughters of the Internal Affairs Office.

Seeing this, I understand that the same Fucha clan, the background of the Imperial Concubine of Zhexi is not a star and a half worse than that of Empress Fucha. However, the Kahari Fucha clan snatched the two firsts that made all women envious and jealous.

In 1725, Kahari Fucha, who participated in the draft, was selected by the Yongzheng Emperor and sent to Fuzhong as the "trial marriage gege" of the prince Hongli, who was only a 15-year-old boy that year. It is speculated that Kahari Fucha should be older than Hongli, and she personally taught Hongli men and women, becoming the first woman in the life of the future Qianlong Emperor.

In 1727, Shaji Fucha married Hongli as Consort Fujin, and gave birth to a daughter the following year, but died in infancy, and Fucha Gege also gave birth to Qianlong's first son, the eldest son of the emperor, Yong Huang, in this year.

Relying on these two firsts, she was first posthumously crowned a noble concubine, and then posthumously named an imperial concubine, and buried in Yuling. There are so many women in the Qianlong Emperor, and only five people can be born with Qianlong and die in the same cave, namely Empress Fucha, Lingyi Emperor's concubine Wei Jia, Huixian Emperor's concubine Gao Jia, Shujia's concubine Jin Jia, and this Zhexian Imperial Concubine. It can be seen that in Qianlong's heart, he can't let go of his first woman, and he can't let go of Fuchagege, who gave birth to his eldest son.

After the death of Empress Fucha, Qianlong wrote many poems to commemorate him, and some people thought that he was actually commemorating the two Fucha clans who were important in his life, but it was mistakenly thought to be only to commemorate his wife.

Here are three obvious historical errors in the "Legend of Ruyi":

First, Yongzheng's empress was of the Ulanara clan, and her father was the Minister of Internal Affairs, Feyangu. It should be noted that Minister of the Interior Ulanara . Although Fei Yangu had an official residence, he was not alone with Fei Yangu, a famous general of the Kangxi Dynasty. That Fei Yangu, who annihilated the main force of Goldan, was the younger brother of Shunzhi's favored concubine Dong Efei. Therefore, the two Feyangu are basically two families. The succession in the "Ruyi Biography" is recorded differently in different historical books, including the Ulanara clan and the Huifa Nara clan. Moreover, even Ulanara is not closely related to the mother family of Yongzheng Empress Ulanara and belongs to the distant niece of the side branch. As for if it is Huifa Nara, it doesn't matter a little. Therefore, for the sake of rigor, it is generally called Qianlong's successor Nara clan.

However, there is a point in "The Legend of Ruyi" that is true, the Ulanara clan is indeed very close to the empress. In addition to the empress of the Yongzheng Emperor, the first concubine of Nurhach, Dobahai, who had the title of the second most beautiful woman in Manchuria, was also of the Ulanara clan. Unfortunately, after Nurhachi's death, Tobahai's three children were still young. Emperor Taiji rushed to use various methods to force Dobahai to be martyred, thus obtaining the throne of the Great Khan. Also, Ulanara . One of Dobahai's sons was named Dolgon.

Second, in order to highlight the emotions between Qianlong and Empress Ruyi, the play specially arranged for Hongli to get married (at this time, he was only a prince and not Prince Bao, and this little mistake in the play was settled) just saluted Fu Jin, but did nothing that night, and deliberately saved the first time for the next night to Fang Fujin Zhou Xun (that is, the later successor of the Nara clan). If this is a romantic drama, it is quite sensational, but it is too unserious in historical dramas, you know, Fang Fujin did not marry into the royal palace until a few years later.

Third, at the funeral of Empress Fucha, the eldest son of the emperor, Yong Juan, was provoked by the Jiagui concubine Jin and believed that his biological mother was killed by Concubine Fujin, resulting in a difficult birth and death when giving birth to his own sister, so he showed no sadness at the empress's funeral, was scolded by Qianlong, lost the qualification to compete for the crown prince, and soon died of depression. In fact, Yong Juan's own sister died shortly after birth, and his own mother died five years later.

However, the eldest son of the emperor, Yong Huang, did not behave respectfully at the funeral of Empress Fucha, after all, it was not his own wife who died. However, Yong Juan was 21 years old and an adult at this time, and his behavior only showed that his emotional intelligence was worrying—even if he couldn't squeeze out tears, he should howl a few times.

Fucha was empress for 13 years from 1735 to 1748 and lived only 36 years, but her reproductive age cycle was as high as 20 years. In the years that she was a concubine and an empress, except for Fu Chage, who tried to marry, only Jia Concubine and Pure Concubine, as well as Yu Guiren, who gave birth to Qianlong's most outstanding son, Wu'a Ge, were able to exploit the loophole to conceive and give birth to children and daughters.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

There were 9 women in the royal palace at the time of the residence, in addition to Fu Fu Jin Fucha, there was also the Side Fujin Nara clan, and among the other personalities, only the Gege Gao clan was named Fang Fujin by Yongzheng. After Qianlong ascended the throne, the number of concubines in the harem increased a lot. But what is puzzling is that Qianlong, who is strong and strong in his twenties and thirties, only sowed dragon seeds for five women. Who is not young, how can young people not broadcast rain and dew in the face of so many beautiful girls! The same plots of land are sown with seeds and cannot produce grain, and you can never doubt that those plots are not good.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

In the Qing Palace, there is indeed a legend that after the bedtime, the eunuch asked the emperor to "stay or not", if the holy will is not retained, then the task can be completed with a thin grass. Even if this legend is true, it is a promise to the palace maid or the low position who undertakes the rain overnight. When Fucha was a concubine of Fujin and Empress, he was honored by the two side Fujins when he was in the residence, and the status of noble concubines and concubines after entering the palace was respected, and the holy decree of "not staying" would not fall on the heads of these two people. However, these two young women have not moved their stomachs for more than ten years, not to mention other low-ranking concubines, nobles, Chang Zai, and agreed.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Empress Fucha played by Zhou Jie

This is indeed a problem! Empress Fucha gives the impression of being dignified and virtuous, which is no wonder that "The Legend of Ruyi" portrays Empress Fucha as a ruthless character who pretends to be on the surface and has a knife behind her back.

The most tragic queen and the most distressing prince, as well as the best brother

The following "Heart Writing Zhiping Diagram" (partial) please view horizontally. "Heart Writing Zhiping" comes from "University", self-cultivation and family rule the country and the world! Please note that there are obvious stitching marks on the left side of the portrait of the concubine in the painting, as well as on the left side of the portrait of Concubine Ling.

Eleven of the Qianlong Emperor's 19 high-ranking concubines (concubines and concubines above) were entered into the "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu", of which Shun nobles were concubines in the middle and late Qianlong period, then Shun concubines, and later for unknown reasons were demoted to nobles, but the portrait was still preserved. Among the 13 concubines and above, 4 concubines were not entered in the "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu", namely the Later Nara clan, the Imperial Concubine Fucha clan, the Yugui Concubine Coriette and the Wanguifei Chen clan.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

According to later research, the "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu" has traces of cutting and then splicing between the noble concubine Gao and the pure concubine Su, and according to the status of the concubine in the early Qianlong period, it was the Xian Concubine Nara clan (followed) who was cut here. She angered the emperor with her broken hair, and all historical books and paintings were destroyed. Therefore, it was originally entered into the "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu", but it was later cut.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

The creation time of "Heart Writing Zhiping Tu" is from the first year of Qianlong to more than 40 years in Qianlong, with Concubine Shun and Concubine Xun occupying the throne, such a long period of time, each concubine concubinage and concubine concubine time is different, so Concubine Ling and the concubines after Concubine Ling are basically entered alone or by two or three people together, and then spliced onto the main map, which can be clearly seen on the picture scroll after Concubine Ling. That is to say, before or after the portrait of Concubine Ling (i.e. Wei Concubine Wan or Wei Yingluo), there was originally a portrait of Concubine Yu, the mother of Qianlong's best prince Yongqi, which is actually unknown. Only, it was taken down later.

The book returned to business, and continued to look at the paintings.

Princess Huixian (?) -February 25, 1745), of the Gao Jia clan, a Manchurian Yellow Banner bearer (originally yellow flag wrapped), daughter of Gao Bin, a scholar of Zheng Yipin University and the governor of Hedao, the first noble concubine of the Qianlong Dynasty and the first imperial concubine. She is a noble concubine who has a very good role in the two dramas.

As mentioned earlier, Shangsanqi should select women to enter the palace as errands and serve as "attendants on duty". Concubine Gao's background is the same as Fuchagege, who gave Hongli a trial marriage, and she is a clothed woman, and her status is not high. She should have also become a showgirl first, and then was selected by the Yongzheng Emperor as the attendant of the prince Hongli. On the first day of the third month of the 12th year of the Yongzheng Dynasty (1734), the Yongzheng Emperor promoted Gao from the rank of handmaid to side Fujin. It was also in this year that the future successor of the Nara clan (Empress Ruyi) was appointed by the Yongzheng Emperor to marry Prince Bao's side Fujin.

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

Prince Heshuo and Prince Bao, Hongli, at this time, had one Fujin, two side Fujin, and six attendants. Although they are both side Fujin, their origins are different. So many Gege, why was only Gao promoted to Fang Fujin? After Qianlong succeeded to the throne, why did the Fangfu Jin Gao clan make a noble concubine, while another noble Fangfu Jin Nara clan should be ranked as a concubine of the lower rank? In fact, the reason for everything was that Gao's father was a heavy minister in the rank of Yipin at that time. The two emperors Yongzheng and Qianlong did this only out of the need to consolidate imperial rule. Because of politics, the Gao clan, who came from the clothed slave family, reaped dividends in the harem!

The following two noble concubines, who is more in line with the image of noble concubines in your mind

Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history
Empress Fucha, Empress Ruyi, and the palace master of Yanxi Palace, how far is the palace fighting drama from the real history

On the third day of September in the thirteenth year of the Yongzheng Dynasty (1735), Hongli the Prince of Bao succeeded to the throne as emperor, with the year name Qianlong; In the same month, the Qianlong Emperor raised Gao's mother's house from the Internal Affairs Office to a yellow flag; On September 24, Jin was made a noble concubine. On the fourth day of December in the second year of Qianlong (1737), he was canonized as a noble concubine. On New Year's Day in the tenth year of Qianlong (1745), the concubine's old illness recurred; On the 23rd day of the first month, Jin was made an imperial concubine; On the 25th day of the first month, he passed away; On the 26th day of the first month, the Qianlong Emperor personally named the imperial concubine "Huixian". According to the records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' "Hongshi General", the Manchu character for "hui" in "huixian" is "ulhisu", which means "enlightened" and "spiritual", and the Manchu character for "virtuous" is "erdemungge", which means "virtuous". From the tenth year of Qianlong (1745) to the seventeenth year of Qianlong (1752), the golden coffin of Emperor Huixian's noble concubine was temporarily placed in the Jing'an Zhuang Funeral Palace. On October 17, the seventeenth year of Qianlong (1752), he was buried in the Yuling Tomb of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty.

(To be continued)

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