The Daoguang Emperor had nine sons. Among them, the eldest son, Yi Wei, was kicked to death by Daoguang because he did not study well and intimidated the teacher; the second and third sons died shortly after birth. The rest, with only six sons.
Of these six sons, the most famous are the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sons. The fourth son was the later Xianfeng Emperor Yixuan; the sixth son, the famous Prince Gong Yixin; and the seventh son, the Guangxu Emperor's biological father, Yizhen the Prince of Alcohol.
Today, I want to talk about the fifth son, Prince Yixuan.
We often say today that children should not lose at the starting line. In fact, Yi Xi is a child who lost at the starting line.
At the beginning, the mother of the fifth son of the Emperor Yixuan and the mother of the fourth son of the Emperor Yixuan were pregnant almost at the same time, and the pregnancy time of Yiyi's mother was slightly earlier. Since the first three sons of the Daoguang Emperor were already dead, whoever was born early at this time was equivalent to the actual eldest son of the emperor and would have a little advantage in the struggle for the throne of the crown prince.
If there is no accident, it should be Yi Xi who is born first. But an accident happened: Yi Xuan was born prematurely and took the lead in coming to the world.
Why is Yi Xi born prematurely? Because her mother was shrewd by nature, in order to seize the position of the eldest son of the emperor for her son, she took oxytocin. As a result, Yi Xuan, who was less than a month old, was born first and grabbed the position of the eldest son of the emperor, but his body had always been weak.
In this way, Yi Xi had to admit his fate and relegate to the second place.
As a rich prince, Yi Xi is a particularly grounded person. For example, he often dressed up as ordinary people, sat on the side of the road with a fan to cool off, and fought with ordinary people.
Although Yi Xi looks easy-going, she is actually very stubborn in her bones. For example, for the powerful Cixi, he never bought her account.
When the "Xin You Coup" was first carried out, both Prince Gong and Prince Shuo vigorously supported Cixi, but Prince Yixuan of Yi looked at it coldly, and even sided with the "Eight Ministers".
When Yi Xi had dinner with Su Shun, the head of the Eight Ministers of Gu Ming, he once said half-jokingly: People are going to kill you. Su Shun thought it was just a joke, so he smiled and responded: Please kill, please kill.
After the "Xin You coup", someone made a small report and told Cixi what Yi Xie said to Su Shun. From then on, Cixi hated Yi Xi to the bone, only because Yi Xi was the son of the Daoguang Emperor, so she did not dare to dispose of him at will, but only left him aside and did not let him participate in political affairs.
Later, Yi Xi died, and Cixi, in retaliation, demoted the title of Yi Xi's son by one level—from The King of the County to Baylor.