"Once you enter the palace door is as deep as the sea" After the concubines in the ancient imperial palace entered the palace through the draft, the high walls of the Forbidden City trapped their lives, some of them had good luck to become the masters of the harem women with their sons, while some could only stay in the deep palace, lonely and old for a lifetime, and what was even more tragic was that some people would encounter disasters, accidental death, and the world was uncertain, and the concubine we are talking about today was frightened and died.
Concubine Chang, a concubine of the Daoguang Emperor, surnamed Hesheli, was born in November of the thirteenth year of Jiaqing, Daoguang was drafted into the palace in the early years, and just entered the palace because of her outstanding posture, dignified and generous, and was named a precious person.
She not only had a gorgeous posture, but also particularly pleased Daoguang, so in the fourth year of Daoguang, she was promoted to zhen concubine, Daoguang five years, was promoted to zhen concubine, originally already as the lord of the first palace, but because she was too arrogant and obedient, ignoring the rules of the palace, she provoked the dissatisfaction of the Daoguang Emperor, and her life went downhill.
In the sixth year of Daoguang, the Daoguang Emperor decreed that she was not suitable for the Zhen Concubine of the First Palace, so she was demoted to zhen concubine, and after another three years, she was old and decayed, completely losing the favor and favor of the Daoguang Emperor, so she was demoted to a permanent nobleman.
After being demoted to a regular nobleman, she could only stay in the deep palace day by day, after all, the Daoguang Emperor had many young and beautiful new favorites, and these had nothing to do with her. Since being demoted to a permanent nobleman, he has never been favored by the Daoguang Emperor again.
In the first month of the 30th year of Daoguang, Daoguang died in the Shende Hall of the Yuanmingyuan at the age of 69, and before his death, he ordered the Minister of internal affairs and the Minister of Military Aircraft to remove the jin box from behind the plaque of Zhengda Guangming, and the holy intention inside was to establish the fourth son of the emperor, Yixuan, as the crown prince, so Yixuan became the new emperor, that is, the Xianfeng Emperor.
When Daoguang died, Chang Guiren was only 43 years old, although the Daoguang Emperor died, she was very sad, but the days had to be lived slowly, after all, the days of staying alone in the Cold Palace, she was not staying for a day or two, she had long been used to it, and she believed that after the new emperor ascended the throne, she would also be kind to these widows of the Daoguang Emperor.
After Xianfeng ascended the throne, Chang Guiren was honored as a concubine, her life was better than before, she was originally a very ordinary concubine, she had no children in her life, and after the death of the Daoguang Emperor, she was even more bored.
Originally, the second half of her life was spent in obscurity, but who expected that fate had made a big joke with her, she thought about her life in her later years countless times, but she did not expect that she would die in the end of the Yuanmingyuan.
In the summer of Xianfeng ten years, the weather is particularly hot, the Forbidden City is hot and uncomfortable, the Yuanmingyuan has always been a summer resort, so Xianfeng in order to show the royal grace, according to the custom, she and several concubines were taken to the Yuanmingyuan to escape the summer, originally went to the Yuanmingyuan to escape the summer, you can relax to see the scenery, but who knows, the next thing is that no one can imagine.
In August of the tenth year of Xianfeng, the Anglo-French coalition army invaded Beijing, and the Xianfeng Emperor saw that the situation was not good, and fled to Chengde with his concubines and brothers, and took refuge. The princesses who stayed in the Yuanmingyuan to escape the summer did not know it and continued to stay in the Yuanmingyuan to escape the summer.
When they learned that the Anglo-French army was advancing in the direction of the Yuanmingyuan, the princesses were afraid, and all they could think of was to accept the arrangement of fate with trepidation.
When the Anglo-French coalition army burned the Yuanmingyuan on August 24, the concubines were all taking shelter from the summer, and everyone panicked, among them, Chang Concubine, who was timid and afraid of fright, stayed in the deep palace all her life, never seen such a position, and for a moment her face was like dead ashes, and she was frightened to death, and died in the Yuanmingyuan Qichun Garden, at the age of 53.
The news of Chang Concubine's death in fright reached Xian Feng, who was very angry when he learned the news, but he was still very timid and did not have the courage to return to the capital, so he could only continue to stay in the Chengde Mountain Resort, while demanding that the relevant officials who were unfavorable to the work be punished, and on the other hand ordering eunuchs and others to properly place Chang Concubine's body.
However, at that time, the Anglo-French coalition army harassed the Yuanmingyuan and was plundering it on a large scale, and the undertaker wanted to move the coffin into the Yuanmingyuan, but there was no way to do it, so they could only play the Xianfeng Emperor and suspend the disposal, and the body of poor Concubine Chang was in the middle of summer, but it was in the corpse garden and could not be buried.
The Xianfeng Emperor decreed: "From the power of the general, it is forbidden to involve extravagance, causing him to change" It is estimated that he is afraid of causing trouble and causing greater trouble, and the undertaker dares to be extravagant, so even the Ministry of Works did not inform him, found dozens of men, and did not set up an honor guard, only covered the coffin with a large red python satin, and hurriedly entered the funeral. Then, with 32 people clamping the bar, riding on the night, it was carried to the temporary safety place in Tamura and buried hastily.
Xianfeng later died at the Chengde Summer Resort at the age of 31, and after his death, the Tongzhi Emperor succeeded to the throne, and the Tongzhi Emperor posthumously honored Chang Concubine as Chang Concubine. And in the second year of Tongzhi, he buried her in Mu Dongling.
As a concubine of the Daoguang Emperor, Changfei could have enjoyed the glory and wealth, but because the Qing government was weak and incompetent at that time, and when the British and French coalition forces burned the Yuanmingyuan, they were scared to death, and had to sigh, which was not only her tragedy, but also the tragedy of the dynasty at that time.