After Yin Chu and Ming Wei got married.
The newlyweds were enjoying their honeymoon, and Yin Chu no longer pretended to visit the concubines and maids in the back courtyard. Instead, he spent every day in Mingwei's main courtyard.
Just three months later, Mingwei was diagnosed with being one month pregnant.
When Mingwei became pregnant, Xu Lejin was overjoyed and showered the Yongjun Prince's Mansion with gifts as if they were free.
Mingwei suddenly became the envy of all the unmarried girls in the capital.
Ulanara Yirou, a servant in the residence of the Second Prince Yinti, was so angry that she smashed many precious porcelain ornaments and even verbally defied the Second Prince, resulting in her being confined to her quarters for six months.
During the six months that Ulanara Yirou was confined to her home, her secondary consort, Irgen Gioro, seized the opportunity to become pregnant with her third child. In addition, two other princesses from collateral branches of the Ulanara clan were also diagnosed with pregnancy.
Seven months later
Mingwei gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, safely, which greatly pleased Emperor Kangxi.
The Fifth Prince, Yinzhi, married a woman from the Guoluo clan. Guoluo was a bright and outspoken woman, but also very jealous, and she turned the Fifth Prince's household upside down.
In the end, it was Consort Hui who took strong action and suppressed Guo Luoluo.
Consort Hui was merely the Fifth Prince's foster mother, and in principle, she was not qualified to discipline Lady Guoluo. However, the Fifth Prince was extremely "filial," obeying Consort Hui's every word, even more so than his biological son, the Second Prince.
From then on, Lady Guoluo began a life of misery in the Fifth Prince's mansion. She longed to have a son or daughter, but time and time again she watched helplessly as the princesses and concubines became pregnant and gave birth to children.
Princess Wenxian and Princess Yike also got married one after another.
The Sixth Prince, Yinzhen, married a woman from the Guarjia clan as his primary wife. Guarjia was beautiful, gentle, and virtuous; she and Yinzhen were a perfect match, a handsome couple.
The handsome sixth prince and the beautiful Guarjia clan became husband and wife. Their children were exceptionally handsome, and their daughters were stunningly beautiful even at a young age.
Consort Ning and Consort Xin were always overjoyed when they saw their beautiful grandchildren.
Princess Hye-jung's marriage
After that, the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince also got married one after another!
Consort Duan was bedridden for several years before finally passing away three months into her pregnancy after the Eighth Prince married a woman from the Hadanara clan.
Consort Duan did not see her grandsons and granddaughters, but she did see her maternal grandsons and granddaughters.
Princess Lingzhu, the twenty-fourth daughter of Consort Tong, was bestowed the title of Princess Heshuo Chunque and married off to the Khalkha tribe.
Princess Chunque's husband was also named Tsering, but he was not Princess Kexian's husband. Tsering of the Abahai Borjigit clan of the Abahai tribe was actually Tsering of the Khalkha Borjigit clan.
Because Princess Chunque was married off to the Khalkha tribe for a political alliance, Consort Tong was posthumously granted the title of Consort Tong.
Consort Tong died in the 42nd year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, so Princess Chunque observed three years of mourning. In the 45th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, at the age of 22, she married into the Khalkha tribe.
The Ninth Prince Yinzhi, the Tenth Prince Yinshi, and the Eleventh Prince Yinshi all chose their consorts in the same year.
Among them, the Ninth Prince Yinzhi's wife was a member of the Wanyan clan, a collateral branch of the Manchu Wanyan family. Although her family background was not top-tier, Wanyan was beautiful.
The Ninth Prince fell in love with her at first sight and begged his mother, Consort Xin. Consort Xin couldn't refuse the Ninth Prince, so she went to Xu Lejin for help.
After Xu Lejin sent someone to inquire, she learned that Wanyan was a very good girl, so she acted as an intermediary and persuaded Emperor Kangxi to issue an imperial decree to arrange the marriage.
Xu Lejin's son, the Tenth Prince Yinshi, was probably influenced by his elder brother Yinchu, and thus, before the imperial concubine selection, he also took a liking to the youngest daughter of Minister Ke'erkun.
Because Lady Irgen Gioro was still young, five years younger than Yinzhi, Yinzhi married a little later, several years after his twin brother Yintao.
Yinzhi
For some unknown reason, Yinzhi fell in love with his cousin from the Tara family, who was half a year older than him, and the two secretly pledged their lives to each other.
Xu Lejin initially opposed the marriage between Yin Tao and Tatara Shi because, as a modern person, she knew that if her cousins married, their offspring might be born with deformities or congenital defects.
After he explained his concerns to Emperor Kangxi in detail, Emperor Kangxi also opposed Yinzhi and his wife, Tatara.
Unbeknownst to the two young people, their private meeting was witnessed by Consort Hui, Consort De, and Consort Jin, who then spread the news.
In the end, Emperor Kangxi and Xu Lejin had no choice but to grit their teeth and arrange the marriage between the two.
Twelfth Prince Yin Tao
Because Yin Tao's birth mother was of low rank, Yin Tao ultimately chose Lady Zhaojia as his consort.
The Zhaojia clan was neither a prominent nor an old Manchu surname, but the father of a member of the Zhaojia clan was highly regarded by Emperor Kangxi and rose to the position of Minister of Justice in the imperial court.
Consort Ying?
Um, it's Consort Chang. Consort Ying was implicated by her maternal clan and pleaded for her family, but was stripped of her title.
Princess Shuyu, the twenty-fifth princess of the Chang family, was implicated by her birth mother and maternal family and was given the title of Princess Ningke. In the forty-third year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, she was married off to the Urad tribe of Mongolia for a political marriage.
The thirteenth prince, Yinxiang, who was raised by Consort Que from birth, married the youngest daughter of Fucha Maqi through friendly negotiations between Emperor Kangxi, Xu Lejin, and Consort Que.
Fucha Maqi's youngest daughter was originally born to a concubine, but Emperor Kangxi instructed Fucha Maqi to register her under the name of his principal wife, making her his adopted daughter.
Therefore, Lady Fucha was able to become the wife of the thirteenth prince, Yinxiang.
After the Thirteenth Prince
Princess Daiyu, the twenty-sixth daughter of Consort Yu, was granted the title of Princess Heshuo Wenke and married Cangjin of the Borjigit clan of the Ongniud tribe.
The fourteenth prince, Yinzhen, born to Consort Chen.
The marriage was fraught with twists and turns, but in the 46th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Wanyan, the eldest daughter of the direct line of the Wanyan family, was finally chosen as his consort.
Before the grand wedding of Wanyan and the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen, the Fourteenth Prince, under the arrangement of Consort De, already had two secondary consorts, Shushu Gioro and Irgen Gioro.
Consort Shushu Gioro has already given birth to two daughters and one son, while Consort Irgen Gioro has also given birth to one son and one daughter. In addition, there are two daughters born to the Fourteenth Prince's concubines...
Xu Lejin's two daughters, Jianing and Youyao, were granted the titles of Princess Gulun Jinshu and Princess Gulun Zhaoshu in the 46th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, and married into the Shushu Jueluo and Xitala clans, respectively.
The Shushu Gioro clan had yellow sashes, while the Xitala clan...
Don't misunderstand, the Hitara clan was not a bondservant, but a member of the Bordered Yellow Banner. The Hitara clan, whom Emperor Kangxi chose as the consort for the young Yao, was the son of a minister of the Imperial Household Department. He was handsome and talented.
Princess Rouyi, the twenty-ninth daughter of the Yuan family, was given the title of Princess Heshuo Quejing and married Sun Chengyun, a minister of the Imperial Household Department.
Lady Yuan was unfortunate; she died of illness in Yongshou Palace five years before Princess Quejing's marriage. Although she was not posthumously granted the title of Consort, her funeral was conducted with the rites befitting a Consort.
Her birth mother was Consort Shen, of the Qijia clan. The thirtieth princess, who died young, was granted the title of Princess Heshuo Dunke in the forty-seventh year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. In October of the same year, she was married off to Dorji, a Taiji of the Borjigit clan of the Khorchin Mongols...
Several concubines in the palace died one after another, including Consort Gong and Consort Shun, who had served for many years, as well as lower-ranking concubines such as Noble Lady, Attendant, and Lady-in-Waiting.
Kangxi 48th year
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