Qianlong has a total of seventeen princes, most of these seventeen princes are born by the concubines with higher ranks, of course, this is also the result of the mother's son, only one is born of the concubine, he is the emperor's tenth son (unnamed), today's author is going to talk about the emperor's tenth son's birth mother Shu Concubine, that is, the only concubine who gave birth to a prince for Qianlong.
Among all the concubines of Qianlong, ShuFei can be said to be the one with the most complicated relationship, why do you say so?
First of all, Princess Shu was born very prominently, in the words of Qianlong, it is "Yu Quality Famous Gate" (from the Shu Concubine Sacrifice Text), Shu Concubine's surname is Ye Hele Clan, that is, Ye Henara Clan, from Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner, and her direct ancestor is Jintai Shi, the last lord of Ye Hebu, that is, the uncle of Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, and her great-grandfather is the famous Kangxi Dynasty power minister Nalan Mingzhu, this family lineage is definitely the leader of the Eight Banners family.
Secondly, the Shu family also had a very close relationship with another magnate, which was the Fucha clan with the yellow flag, that is, the family of Empress Xiaoxian. Through historical research, it was found that the famous Lady Fu Heng was most likely Shu Fei's sister Nala, so Shu Fei was Fu Heng's sister-in-law.
Finally, The relationship between Concubine Shu and the other two concubines of the Qianlong harem was also not ordinary. The first was Princess Shujia, and the second was Concubine Ling, because Princess Shu had two adopted sons and adopted daughters, the adopted son was the eleventh Brother Yongyao born to Princess Shujia's concubine, and the adopted daughter was Princess Heshuo and Princess Ke, the ninth daughter of The Emperor born to Concubine Ling.
In February of the sixth year of Qianlong, Princess Shu entered the palace through the draft as a female of the Yellow Banner, and after entering the palace, she obtained the status of lord and was given the title of Shu Concubine. The arrival of Concubine Shu can be said to have injected fresh blood into the harem of the Qing Dynasty, and not long after Princess Shu entered the palace, another woman also began to enter Qianlong's vision, she was Concubine Ling.
It is said that Princess Shu moved to the Chengqian Palace to live shortly after entering the palace, what is the place of the Chengqian Palace, it is a palace that only the pet concubines can live in, I think that Princess Dong Efei and Empress Xiaoyiren all lived here, and Concubine Shu was able to enter the palace, which shows that Qianlong attaches great importance to her.
In the sixteenth year of Qianlong, in the tenth year of entering the palace, Princess Shu finally gave birth to a crown prince, that is, the tenth son of the emperor, but what she did not expect was that her son only lived for three years before dying. Princess Shu, who had lost her beloved son, was deeply devastated, so Qianlong successively entrusted the eleventh son of the emperor, Yong Yao, and the ninth princess (Princess Heshuo and Princess Ke) to Shu Concubine to raise.
Between the twentieth year of Qianlong and the forty years of Qianlong, Princess Shu accompanied Qianlong to Rehe, Mulan and other places on tour many times, which shows that she still has a certain position in Qianlong's heart. Moreover, after the death of the imperial concubine in the first month of the fortieth year of Qianlong, Concubine Shu had become the highest concubine in the harem, that is, the head of the concubines, and in November of that year, Concubine Shu, who had moved to yongshou Palace, led Concubine Ying of Jingren Palace and other concubines to Shoukang Palace to ask Empress Chongqing for peace.
However, only two years later, Princess Shu died.
Perhaps Princess Shu may have been recuperating in the West Garden, and after her death, the golden coffin was temporarily placed in the West Garden, and the lords of the inner court of the Chengqian Palace, The Concubine Ying of the Jingren Palace, and the Chuxiu Palace all went to participate in her initial sacrifice, and even Qianlong himself personally went to the coffin to pay homage, which shows that Princess Shu still has a certain status in Qianlong's heart, but what is doubtful is that Qianlong did not posthumously name Shufei as a noble concubine, and as for the reason, only Qianlong himself knew it.
Note: Princess Shu lost her position with the empress twice, the first time after the death of Empress Xiaoxian in the thirteenth year of Qianlong, from the point of view of birth, Princess Shu was a suitable candidate, but due to her shallow seniority, she failed to achieve her wishes. The second time was after qianlong's thirty-first year and then died, and Concubine Shu was also a suitable candidate to succeed to the throne of the Middle Palace, but because the emperor's tenth son died early, he had no heirs, so he passed by.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Records of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, Canon of the Great Qing Dynasty