There was a maid in the family of Qing Dynasty officials, who was honest and diligent in serving her master. If there were no accidents, her life would be stable and silent.
However, the unexpected happened.
One day, the official drank too much alcohol and saw the young and beautiful maid, so he forcibly spoiled her. Afterwards, the official patted his ass, as if nothing happened, who would care if a maid lived or died?
This maid's surname is Xu, and we call her Xu. It didn't take long for Xu to find out that she was pregnant, and her stomach bulged day by day. When the official saw all this, he was still moved, after all, his stomach was his own flesh and blood.
Moreover, it is not good for Xu's pregnancy to get out. An official is a man who cherishes his feathers and values fame more than anything else. After thinking about it again, the official still married Xu.
However, the official is a person with a wife, and Xu's background is low, and she can only be a "concubine" in the past.
Xu Shi thought, concubine is a concubine, if the class leap is achieved, everything will be fine. Unexpectedly, being a "concubine" is the beginning of her real nightmare.
Officials do not put this "concubine" in their eyes, if it were not for Lao Tzu's impulse, who would have married you; The official's wife can't stand it even more, you are a subordinate, you dare to climb into the big bed of the master, all this must be calculated.
The two masters were like this, and the others did not look at her squarely. Therefore, although the Xu family became a concubine, the suffering she endured was much heavier than when she was a maid before.
Needless to say, the daily work also added insults and abuses, but thinking of the child in his belly, Xu still endured everything.
A few months later, the child was born, it was a boy, the family was very happy, Xu's life seemed to usher in the dawn, but it was only the dawn, and the real light did not come.
First, the official had several sons, and Xu's son was only a dispensable alternative; Since Xu's son is not from the main room, the white eyes he encountered began from the moment he fell to the ground.
Mother and son depend on each other and suffer from all kinds of injustices, but fortunately they don't have to worry about eating and drinking. As soon as the child grows up, his extraordinary voice is soon revealed.
This child was intelligent and extraordinary-looking at an early age, and completely inherited the advantages of both parents. People at the time described this, "White eyebrows, rich mouth, clear and distant voice, red body like cinnabar fresh, beautiful and kind, long inches." ”
Seeing all this, the official's attitude towards Xu and the child changed, but it was only a little, and Xu was only bullied at home.
This child is the blessing star of the parents. Officials recommended him to Yin Yu, who was still Prince Yong at the time, and Yin Yu admired him. When Yin Yu became the Yongzheng Emperor, the child was reused and gradually became the famous Yin Jishan in the Qing court bureaucracy.
From the Japanese living official, to Hubu Langzhong, to the governor of Jiangsu, the governor of Hedao, and the governor of Liangjiang. While Yoon Ji-sun was in the governorship, Yongzheng asked about his family affairs.
When he learned that Yin Jishan's biological mother Xu Shi was a concubine and was still "Tsing Yi Pingping", Yongzheng was indignant and decided to intervene.
Yongzheng knew that Yin Jishan's father, Yin Tai, the official mentioned in this article, belonged to the Manchurian bureaucracy with extremely strict family rules, and would never treat the maid-born Xu clan well.
Therefore, Yongzheng ordered the four people of the inner prison palace to hold Zhai Zhu's green clothes, and also prepared many noble clothes and jewelry, and personally went to Yin Jishan's house to hold the ceremony of consecrating Xu's wife.
On the one hand, the Xu clan was named Lady Yipin, and the family husbands of the courtiers came to congratulate him, and the scene was quite spectacular; On the other hand, Yin Tai was stunned, he had scolded the Xu family for decades, and at this time he had to kneel to the Xu family, otherwise it would be disrespectful to resist the will.
At this moment, Xu's dignity, which had been trampled on for decades, was restored.
In ancient times, society was highly hierarchical, with wives being wives, concubines being concubines, and concubines always being inferior. Thinking about it, Xu Shi would not have expected that he would have this day, let alone that the change in his identity was brought about by his son.
Mother to child is expensive, not only for royalty, but also for high-ranking eunuch houses. Xu's "counterattack" just shows the humble status of women in ancient society, and they only have to be changed. For better or worse, the decision is not in their own hands.