Mom also has eccentricities!
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a great monarch named Ji Yusheng ( 姬寤生 ) – Ji surname, Zheng shi , name 寤生. "寤生" is a literary phrase, translated into modern vernacular, which means "difficult childbirth". Of course, at that time, the name was more casual, often used to record the characteristics, without considering whether it was good or not.
From this name, it can be probably known that this monarch must have had difficulty giving birth when he was born. Indeed, his mother was so frightened that she hated her son all her life.
Yusheng's mother was Wu Jiang. This is a title, not a name, indicating that she is the wife of Zheng Wugong, and her mother's family is surnamed Jiang or Jiang. Because Wu Jiang hated the eldest son, he repeatedly blew the pillow side wind to her husband, asking her husband to abolish the long and young and establish the younger son as the prince. Didn't work out.
After Huansheng succeeded to the throne, Wu Jiang first fought for the title of young son, instigated the younger son to expand his power and threaten the central government, and then simply instigated the younger son to rebel, stealing the city gate key himself to prepare to receive it - if the rebellion was successful, the eldest son Yusheng was at least exiled and likely to die. How eccentric Wu Jiang is, you can imagine.
Yongzheng's mother is obviously such an eccentric woman.
Yongzheng's mother, Wu Yashi, had a very low status when she entered the palace, but she was probably more favored, and gave birth to many children in succession, and gradually promoted to a concubine.
Yongzheng ranked fourth. His mother was still of low status when he was born. According to the rules of the harem of the Qing Dynasty, concubines of low status did not have the right to raise their children, so Yongzheng was raised by the empress from a young age. Later, Uya had become a concubine and gave birth to another son, ranked fourteenth, who was personally raised. Therefore, the two are biological sons, and the depth of feelings is completely different - of course, there are also factors such as personality, which cannot be blamed on the problem of "raising".
In the famous "Nine Dragons And Take the Wife" dispute, Yongzheng and the Fourteen Brothers are political opponents, and the hatred is as deep as the sea. We don't know if Princess De actually did anything in the brothers' fight, but from the bottom of her heart, she definitely wanted her younger son, Brother Fourteen, to win. And the result, as we know, is just the opposite, Yongzheng sat on the throne.
If it's just if, it probably doesn't matter. "Life is not satisfactory nine times out of ten", and Lady De cannot do everything as she wishes. However, Kangxi adopted the method of secretly establishing a crown prince, and did not disclose the candidate for the crown prince until after his death. That is to say, Princess De knew that her beloved young son had failed, and the news came too suddenly.
Perhaps unable to bear this sudden blow, she used a fierce way to oppose her eldest son Yongzheng, which is what the title said, "It is better to die than the empress dowager".
There are also some other legends, such as the death of Princess De, which was killed by Yongzheng, and the death of Princess De, who had an affair with Longkodo. But in the absence of more credible evidence, there can only be doubts.