After the emperor grew older, although he was no longer so strong in the affairs of men and women, he would also find the most unique one in the kaleidoscope, such as Nurhaci's love for the grand concubine Abahai in his later years, the emperor Taiji's infatuation with Hailanzhu in his later years, and Kangxi's love for Han concubines in his later years. Today, I want to talk about the woman who made Yongzheng difficult to extricate herself in his later years, and she is the humble concubine who gave birth to the last son for Yongzheng.
Concubine Liu's origin was very low, she was a member of the Inner Ministry of Internal Affairs, that is, we are familiar with the Xinzhiku people, but Liu's father Liu Man served as the head of the Internal Affairs Office, so her origin was not unacceptably low. Logically, it is difficult for women of liu origin to have a day of emergence, although they have the opportunity to participate in the palace women's draft organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but how many chances are there to be favored by the emperor?
However, Liu Shi does not seem to be worried about this, she is born beautiful, her face is like a peach blossom, her skin is like gelatin, and she is a rare beauty. In the seventh year of Yongzheng, Liu Shi participated in the palace women's draft, and sure enough, he was favored by the emperor and was crowned as Liu Promised. At that time, Liu Shi was still only a fifteen-six maiden, and Yongzheng was already an old man in his sixties, so there seemed to be a magic power in Liu Shi that generally attracted this iron-faced king of the Qing Dynasty, and after only one year, Liu Shi was promoted to two levels in a row, and was successively named Liu Changzai and Liu Guiren.
From the eighth year of Yongzheng to the tenth year of Yongzheng, Liu Shi did not obtain any promotion titles, the most important reason was that Yongzheng had a serious illness, which almost took Yongzheng's life, and the death of YinXiang the Prince of Yi and Empress Xiaojingxian was not a small blow to Yongzheng, but in the end, Yongzheng escaped the disaster and gradually recovered at the end of Yongzheng's ninth year.
After his physical recovery, Yongzheng was still very fond of Liu Shi, often ordering him to sleep, just at the end of Yongzheng's decade, Yongzheng learned that Liu Shi had actually conceived a child for himself, which made him very happy, and the next year, Liu Shi successfully gave birth to Yongzheng's youngest son, named Hongyao, and Yongzheng ordered Liu Shijin to be a concubine.
However, just two years after Liu Gave birth to Hongyao, the Yongzheng Emperor suddenly died in the Yuanmingyuan, and subsequently, the Bao Prince Hongli inherited the throne of the Qing Dynasty, and Liu Shi was honored as the Imperial Concubine of the Imperial Examination for giving birth to the crown prince Hongyao, and was given preferential treatment by Qianlong. Moreover, Qianlong was also very concerned about his younger brother Hongyao, who was more than twenty years younger, and not only gave him material satisfaction, but also invited teachers to teach him from an early age.
In the third year of Qianlong, Prince Guo Yunli died of illness, and Prince Zhuang Asked Hongyao to pass on to Yunli, and Qianlong allowed it. As a result, Hongyao was passed on to Yunli and inherited the title of Prince of Guo. However, after this young son of Yongzheng became an adult, his temperament changed greatly, blindly arrogant and perverted the law, out of love for his younger brother, Qianlong took care of him many times, but in the end he demoted Hongyao to Baylor and dismissed all official positions, which was a very big blow to Hongyao, and from then on, Hongyao was depressed and unhappy, and died of illness not long after.
Hongyao's death made Concubine Liu heartbroken, after all, she was her only flesh and blood. In the thirty-second year of Qianlong, just two years after Hongyao's death, Concubine Qianfei Liu died of illness in the Forbidden City at the age of 54, Qianlong ordered the three days of the rebellion, and soon buried Concubine Qian in the Tailing Concubine Garden, whose treasure roof was located on the right side of the first row of the Tailing Concubine Bed.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Qing Shilu, Draft of the Concubines of the Qing Dynasty