In ancient times, it seemed that the emperor was pampered and enjoyed all the beauties and delicacies of the world, but in fact they did not live long. According to incomplete records, the average life expectancy of ancient emperors was no more than 45 years old, mainly because the emperor's daily affairs were too much, coupled with the unrestrained indulgence in order to increase the royal blood, which was an important reason for the early collapse of the body.
But there are also outliers in history, such as Emperor Qianlong, who was suave and suave all his life, and there were countless beauties in the harem, but Emperor Qianlong lived to be 89 years old very steadily, and the average life expectancy of the five emperors before Qianlong was 54 years old, which greatly surprised everyone, and therefore, Emperor Qianlong was the emperor who held the lifeblood of China for the longest time.
Emperor Qianlong not only lived a long time, but more importantly, he was in good health all his life, almost never took any medicine, and did not have any serious illness, which is very different from his father Yongzheng died at the age of 58 because of the consumption of Jindan.
So what kind of methods did Emperor Qianlong use to maintain such a healthy body? After years of research by experts, they finally came to the conclusion that the health of Emperor Qianlong did not lie in maintenance, but in the strength of genetics.
When it comes to heredity, it is definitely not the inherited Yongzheng, but thanks to his mother, Niu Hulu. Qianlong's mother was not from a prominent background, she was originally an ordinary maid in Prince Yong's Mansion (that is, the palace before Yongzheng), doing some chores of serving tea and pouring water, eighteen or nineteen years old at the prime age, and her body gradually plumped, and finally was favored by Prince Yong and gave birth to Emperor Qianlong.
It is precisely because he was not pampered since he was a child that Niu Hulu had a very healthy body until he died at the age of 85. She has a very cheerful personality, likes to travel in the mountains and rivers, Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River several times, climbed Mount Tai three times, and Niu Hulu followed on the side.
When Emperor Qianlong was 12 years old, Kangxi saw him for the first time, and saw that he had a slender body, smart eyes, decent manners, and the blessing of longevity.
Later events also proved the unique vision of Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Qianlong had 3 queens, 10 concubines, countless concubines and folk women in his life, and his body was safe and sound