In the glorious history of the Ming Dynasty, a woman quietly rose to the core of power with her extraordinary wisdom and means. Her name is Keyinyue and she is known as the female version of "Nine Thousand Years Old".
Not only because of her power and influence comparable to the eunuch giants, but also because of her shocking methods - natural debauchery, monstrous power, and killing pregnant women.
初入宫中
Ke Yinyue, formerly known as Kebaba, a peasant woman from an ordinary background in Hebei, opened a new page in her life after becoming the nurse of Zhu Youxiao, the son of Zhu Changluo of Mingguangzong.
Before that, she had entered the door of marriage and gave birth to Hou Guoxing, the heir. However, at the age of 18, she stepped into the palace and began a life like no other.
Caring for the school
In the deep palace, she is not only a mother, but also an ambitious woman. In the face of her newborn son, she chose to pour all her maternal love into Zhu Youxiao, an important role with the status of the emperor's eldest grandson, who is undoubtedly an excellent chess piece for her to climb the power ladder.
When she first entered the palace wall, she undoubtedly invested all her attention and emotions in Zhu Youxiao, and won his extremely close dependence, as if she was his only reliance in this world.
At the same time, Zhu Youxiao's parents are going through their own predicament. Zhu Changluo, although he is the crown prince, is walking on thin ice, testing on the edge of power every day, and his love for his son naturally seems thin.
Historical records also show that Zhu Youxiao's mother's life in the Prince's Mansion was full of hardships.
Zhu Youxiao, an infant emperor, was harshly treated by his adoptive mother, Li Xuanzhi. Her harsh words and cruel behavior kept the little emperor awake at night, and tears soaked the pillow.
However, in this cold world, the existence of the nurse Ke Yinyue is like a gentle sunshine, and her meticulous care has become the only comfort in Zhu Youxiao's heart.
Whenever the people in the palace tried to send Ke Yinyue away from the little emperor, Zhu Youxiao always burst into tears and refused to eat, and his despair was incomprehensible. Therefore, Ke Yinyue was left by his side and continued to play the role of the spiritual harbor of this lonely teenager.
The pinnacle of power
In September 1620, Mingguangzong died, leaving only one month in his life. The throne then passed to Zhu Youxiao, who was only 15 years old.
Growing up with his nursing mother Ke Yinyue since he was a child, he has deep feelings for her, so he loves her very much. At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he conferred the honorific title of "Lady Fengsheng" on Keyinyue.
Once out of the palace gate, the Hakka family changed to a sedan chair carried by eight people, and strict traffic control was implemented on both sides of the street to ensure her smooth passage.
When she walked into the palace again, the scene was even more spectacular, like a noble lady who accepted the title.
In front of her, eight eunuchs held red gauze lanterns to guide her, and from a distance, her procession looked like the emperor traveling. Behind the honor guard is a row of dazzling Dutch lanterns, which are treasures presented by the Netherlands to show favor to the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Xizong specially gifted the Hakka with 20 lamps for them to use when entering and leaving the palace at night, and these lights illuminated the yellow satin paved royal road as bright as day.
Ruthless and debauched
Among them, the names of Ke Yinyue and Wei Zhongxian became the most feared symbols of that era. At first, Keyinyue was only an attendant of the great eunuch Wei Dynasty, but with the rise of Wei Zhongxian, she skillfully switched the object of her loyalty and formed a community of interests with it.
The two ate in pairs and lived together, and rumors that Wei Zhongxian, despite being a eunuch, retained some of his masculine features, which led to speculation about whether the relationship between Ke Yinyue and him really stopped at conspiracy.
During the reign of Zhu Youxiao, the influence of Ke Yinyue and Wei Zhongxian reached its peak. They are like black clouds that overwhelm the city, obscuring the brilliance of imperial power.
In addition, they were also afraid that the queen and the concubine would give birth to a dragon son, and when the queen Zhang Yan was pregnant, the powerful couple did whatever it took to do so.
The introduction of masseurs to intervene led to a tragic miscarriage that left the royal family once again without hope of an heir. Although Zhu Youxiao himself had three sons and three daughters, his fate was ill-fated, the eldest son did not survive, and the remaining children also died early.
What's even more cruel is that in the third year of the Apocalypse, Concubine Yu was pregnant for more than the normal month, and Ke Yinyue and Wei Zhongxian actually deposed her for the crime of bullying the monarch, and finally imprisoned her until death. This mystery about the delay in the birth of the fetus may be the result of Ke Yinyue's covert manipulation.
It ended dismally
When Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, it marked the end of the Hakka family's position in the palace. On the day of parting, she got up in the early morning, dressed in plain clothes, stepped into the mourning hall of Xizong, turned the relics of her childhood into ashes, and said goodbye in tears.
However, more than two months later, in the cold wind of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the Hakka family was escorted to the Huanyi Bureau, the place where the palace maids were severely punished, and was subjected to harsh interrogation.
The results of the interrogation shocked everyone: eight palace maids were pregnant, and the Hakka family confessed that they were private maids introduced by the outside world, intending to emulate Lü Buwei and covet imperial power.
Reminiscent of Wei Zhongxian's revelation that two palace maids were pregnant before Xizong's death, all this seems to be a conspiracy between Ke and Wei. If Hakka's words are true, his crime is unforgivable, and he will eventually be flogged in the Huanyi Bureau until the end of his life.
summary
Ke Yinyue, who could have enjoyed a glorious life, but because of his endless thirst for power, he stepped into a road of no return. Her name was once equated with conspiracy, and her actions did not hesitate to sacrifice her innocents in order to climb to a high position.
Do you approve of Ke Yinyue's behavior? What would you do if you were a guest on the moon?