The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 8 Seeing and Hearing
Qinrou returned to the palace, saw and heard, and learned from a few words in history, she began to review the situation in the harem of the previous dynasty.

In September of the sixth year of Kangxi's reign, the eldest brother Chengrui was born; in November of the seventh year, the emperor's eldest daughter was born; in December of the eighth year, his first brother Chenghu was officially born, and is now two years old; in February of the ninth year , the third elder brother Chengqing was born; on the ninth day of March this year, the second daughter of the emperor was born in the palace.

But starting from May, things started to go wrong for the royal heirs in the palace. In May, the eldest brother born to concubine Ma Jia died in infancy. Then, after the New Year, in February of the ninth year, concubine Nala died. The third elder brother who was born also died young.

And a big event happened in the palace last year! Concubine Hui passed away! She was posthumously named Concubine Hui.

In other words, last year was the ninth year of Kangxi, and the ninth year of Kangxi was also an eventful year. In April last year, Concubine Xianhui passed away, followed by the death of the three-year-old brother in May.

And this turmoil has continued into this year. Following the death of Concubine Hui and the death of the eldest brother who was less than one year old, after the New Year, the third elder brother also died young, and the second elder brother of the Queen was the only one left in the palace...

The concubine Zhang's big princess is sick, and the second princess of the concubine Dong is about to fall... The concubine Ma Jia is more than six months pregnant, and the concubine Nala is more than four months pregnant. !
There are only three or two kittens in the palace, and among the elder brothers there is only the queen's second elder brother and a single Miao Miao. The pregnancy of the concubine Ma Jia and the concubine Nala is extremely important. . They are all political chips to stabilize people's hearts! When there are successors to the country, the courtiers will not worry about the turmoil in the court!

For Qin Rou, it is even more disadvantageous. In ancient times, there was a saying that there were only two concubines in a family. Counting her, there were already three Nala clans in the harem.

Nala, who gave birth to the third elder brother (who has passed away) and is now pregnant; another concubine who entered the palace with her during this election, the daughter of Zhaoge, a sixth-rank official and a riding school, Huifana La's family; there is also her, Hadana La's, the daughter of Na Danzhu. Her father had no official title.

It is now the tenth year of Kangxi. Concubine Hui passed away last year. In fact, she was not considered Concubine Hui at that time, but if she were alive, she should be a figure like Concubine Niu, even more popular and popular than Concubine Niu. Rely on and gain more power!
If Concubine Hui passed away, the Queen would be the happiest!

The former Concubine Hui and the current Concubine Niu were from the Borjigit clan of Horqin Left Front Banner, the same Borzigit clan that produced all the queens since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. That is: Tiancong, the Borzigit clan of all the queens during the Shunzhi period! There were three queens during the Tiancong period: Empress Xiaoduanwen Zhezhe, the current Empress Dowager Bumubutai, Min Huigong and Yuanfei Hai Lanzhu.

During the Shunzhi period, there were two queens. The first queen, Borzijit Mengguqing, the daughter of Prince Wu Keshan of Horqin Zhuoli Ketu, was the niece of the current Empress Dowager, and the other two queens during the Tiancong period: The niece of Empress Xiaoduanwen Zhezhe, Minhuigong and Yuanfei Hailanzhu. Later, she was deposed as concubine Jing and moved to the side palace.

The second empress of Emperor Shunzhi was the current empress dowager, who was born in the Horqin Borjigit family. She was also the niece of the empress dowager, Empress Xiaoduanwen Zhezhe, Min Huigong and Yuanfei Hai Lanzhu.

The previous empresses of the Qing Dynasty all came from the Horqin Borzigit family, so most people once believed that the princesses of the Horqin Borzigit family were all queen reserves.

Concubine Xian Hui was born in the Horqin Borzijit family - and more importantly, just as the Empress Dowager was the niece of the Empress Dowager, Concubine Xian Hui was a cousin to the current Empress Dowager and Empress Xiaohuizhang!
Moreover, this concubine Xian Hui was brought into the palace since she was a child and was raised by the Empress Dowager (Empress Xiaozhuangwen), an outstanding female politician who has stood firm for three dynasties and helped the young emperors (Shunzhi and Kangxi) ascend the throne twice. teach.

Undoubtedly, if Concubine Xian Hui is alive, she must be the soul of the Mongolian concubine who succeeded the previous empresses of Mongolia, Empress Xiaozhuangwen and Empress Dowager Xiaohuizhang. She has gathered all the expectations of Mongolia... It is a pity that the beauty is unlucky. The hero was short of breath, and when he was about to reach adulthood, before he could leave the Cining Palace, the golden phoenix, the soul of the Borzigit family, died. And the dead lose their lives, and the living have dignity.

Emperor Kangxi named her Concubine Hui and buried her in the imperial concubine mausoleum. No matter who comes after, no matter how many concubines from Mongolia there are in the harem, no one will ever have the dignity of this golden phoenix, the fragrant and beautiful deceased concubine! She is like a mountain, lying across the path of living and dead concubines, unshakable and uncrossable until the time is right to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new!
The latter, Concubine Niu, came from the first-class palace of Yebilong. Her family background is extremely good, even the princesses in the palace are inferior to her. But it’s just so good. One of the four auxiliary ministers, the first-class Gong Ye Bilong, is her father. As the adopted daughter of Obai, her mother, Shu Shujueluo, is the successor of Ye Bilong. The marriage between Long and Long was undoubtedly more dignified than that of his direct descendant Fujin.

Let’s put it this way! Who is Obai? Aobai was the first of the four auxiliary ministers appointed by the late emperor for the current emperor Kangxi. When he was arrogant, he forced Suksaha, one of the four auxiliary ministers, to death and wiped out his entire family. Emperor Kangxi and Tai Even the Queen Mother could only blame a deer for a horse, pinching her nose and admitting the crime he had fabricated for Suk Saha. If you want to destroy him first, you must first make him crazy. But at his peak, Emperor Kangxi and the empress dowagers who dominated the three dynasties really had to look up to him and tremble with fear.

But it’s not a secret that Ao Bai used his power to rule the country! In the past two years, he was imprisoned for life, and his entire family was executed. There was a high probability that he would also be imprisoned on death row. At this point, there was no longer any threat. Power returns to the hands of the emperor!
The emperor relied on the boy scouts to seize power, but from that moment on, the famous Aobai was nothing but dirt. Whether he is still alive or not! Therefore, Concubine Niu's background was so good that she became a thorn in the eyes of so many people, so she was destined not to become a queen.

But it’s just Concubine Niu!
Even because there was Concubine Xianhui, the golden phoenix of Borzigit, in front of her, she was somewhat overshadowed. Now she is a concubine, but she has no treasures! They can only have no treasures. No matter how tough their family background is, who can be tougher than Concubine Hui? The family that specializes in empresses is now only buried with a concubine, and the others cannot be surpassed or indelible.

What's more, the emperor is in power now? Emperors are always small-minded. Country, beauty, and the world are all interspersed with power. What's more, if you are an emperor, things cannot be trivial. The emperor used Concubine Xianhui as a line to ensure that all concubines were below the concubine line.

In a short period of time, the harem structure cannot be changed. This short period of time may be the next three, four, five years, or even ten or twenty years. It is not impossible!
Because once the status of women in the harem is in turmoil, the status of concubine Niu will inevitably rise. The emperor, the empress dowager, the empress, and the empress dowager certainly don't want to see this, so they are all suppressing it.

Therefore, maintaining the status quo in the harem is the most stable state. Maintaining the status quo and maintaining balance in the former harem is also more conducive to the stability of the court.

From this, it can be seen!
In the future, Emperor Kangxi will definitely be an outstanding emperor; now, this emperor has begun to show his talents and strategies.

If people are sober, they will not want to weigh people with power, because they know that they will be bruised and bloody, lose in a mess, and be so painful that they will pierce their bones. As the saying goes, the story has just begun and the end has already been seen.

So the current situation of the harem is:
In the harem, in addition to Queen Niu and Concubine, there were more than 20 concubines!

In the harem, the queen's position is stable and she holds the sole power! Under the queen, all are concubines. Apart from the queen, only Concubine Niu can be considered noble! Others treat them as normal. This is also very obvious!

And this status quo, unless unexpected events occur, will continue for many more years.

(End of this chapter)