Emperor Yonghe, whose full name was Aisin Gioro Yinchu.
Emperor Yonghe was the seventh son of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and also the fourth prince, Yinchu. He had seven older brothers, three of whom died in infancy.
The older brothers who died young were never included in the order of seniority.
Therefore, Yin Chu was the fourth prince.
Yin Chu was born extraordinary. He had a third brother, Yin Ling, and an eighth sister, Wu Na Xi, who were born of the same mother. Before his mother was pregnant with him, he was found to have a destiny to become an immortal. As long as he cultivated diligently, he would have the opportunity to become an immortal in the future.
Yin Chu and his younger sister Yu Lu Dai were twins, a boy and a girl.
While still an infant, Yin Chu must have seen his third brother and eighth sister, but he was too young at the time and has no memory of them.
For decades afterward, Kangxi and Xu Lejin would often whisper in Yin Chu's ear about the legendary third brother, Yinling, and the eighth sister, Wunaxi.
But we have yet to see him!
When Yin Chu was seven years old, his third brother, Yin Ling, and his eighth sister, Wu Na Xi, went to the heavens to study immortal arts. Although they sent celestial servants to deliver generous gifts when Yin Chu got married, as well as when his sisters and brothers got married, Yin Chu never actually saw his third brother and eighth sister.
Furthermore, from the immortal attendants who came to deliver congratulatory gifts, Yin Chu learned that the cultivation world was also divided into different ranks.
The third brother and eighth sister were talented and favored by the elders of the immortal sect, so their cultivation progressed day by day. They had servants with lower cultivation levels to serve them.
Yes, although the celestial attendants sent by Third Brother and Eighth Sister to deliver congratulatory gifts were called celestial attendants, they were just servants and attendants, just like those in the mortal world.
From the moment of his birth, Yin Chu was placed on high esteem by Emperor Kangxi, and from a young age, he followed Kangxi to learn the ways of governing the country.
When he was ten years old, his eldest sister, Ushiha, got married. Yinchu secretly slipped out of the palace and met a lovely girl at the home of Ulanara. With just one glance, Yinchu knew that he would marry no one but her.
It took Yin Chu nine years to finally marry her.
Yin Chu's wife, Ulanara, did not possess a stunningly beautiful face, nor was she highly learned or particularly skilled in any particular art, but she was gentle and virtuous.
After the wedding, Yin Chu soon had a daughter and a son.
Yin Chu's eldest son and daughter were also twins. Being a father for the first time, Yin Chu was somewhat at a loss. It was only through the personal guidance of Emperor Kangxi and Xu Lejin that Yin Chu finally became a qualified father.
During his twelve years in the Prince's residence, Yin Chu and his wife, Lady Ulanara, were a loving couple.
The princesses and concubines were all just decorations.
To be honest, none of the princesses or concubines in Yin Chu's former residence were ever favored by the emperor. Sakda, Su, Fu, and Gu were all obedient and law-abiding women.
There were also concubines, Tanxia and Zhiqiu, who were sent by Feiyanggu's family, but were later turned against him by Yinchu and put to his own use.
Another princess, of the Guo Luo Luo clan, was sent by Prince An. Although she was initially restless and unruly, during Yin Chu's wedding to Ulanara, Yin Chu arranged for her to be thrown into the lake.
Although he survived, he could never jump again.
From then on, Guo Luoluo could only stay weakly in her own small courtyard, taking medicine every day, and panting after walking only a few steps.
In the fifty-first year of Kangxi's reign, Kangxi abdicated, shocking Yin Chu, who felt it was a huge shock! Yin Chu had already prepared himself to be the crown prince for thirty or forty years, but Kangxi did not play by the rules at all.
After Kangxi abdicated, the next edict he left was concerning his fourteenth brother, Yinzhen.
At first, Yin Chu thought that this decree would come in handy one day, but he did not expect that his fourteenth brother, Yin Zhen, was a workaholic who would forget to eat and sleep. Later, according to his mother, the Empress Dowager, he was a workaholic.
The fourteenth brother, who assisted in governing the court, slept only two hours a day for ten years straight, working even harder than the emperor himself. In addition, the fourteenth brother was also notoriously cold-blooded and ruthless; even his own son would be executed without hesitation if he made a mistake, showing no regard for familial affection.
In comparison, Yin Chu felt that he appeared much more indecisive.
Yin Chu and his wife, Ulanara, had ten sons and four daughters. The few concubines in the harem who were merely decorative, although they eventually enjoyed high positions,...
It's still yellow flowers from beginning to end, um, yellow flower old maid.
Sometimes, Yin Chu felt that he was really inferior to his fourteenth brother, Yin Zhen, in some aspects. For example, in the education of his eldest son, Hong Xu, according to Empress Xiaoshu Xu Lejin at the time, Hong Xu was a boy who had inherited someone else's genes and was completely unlike Yin Chu, his father.
Hongxu's harem, while not exactly a collection of beauties, certainly had a variety of shapes and sizes.
Yin Chu sat on the throne for twenty-three years. In the tenth year, Kangxi died in Changchun Garden. In that year, Xu Lejin was welcomed back to the palace and moved into Cining Palace, which had been renovated in earlier years.
Yin Chu often went to Cining Palace with the Empress.
Xu Lejin was very fond of the Empress. Even when the Empress was over fifty and had long been a grandmother, she still called her Mingwei "little girl".
Sometimes, Yin Chu felt a little jealous about this.
After all, in Yin Chu's memory, since his ascension to the throne, Xu Lejin had mostly addressed him as "Emperor," never by his name, while the Empress had always referred to her as "Mingwei," a term she used for decades.
The Empress was gentle and virtuous, and the concubines in the harem were all veterans of the Prince's residence, who had long since given up any desire to compete for the Emperor's favor.
Therefore, the inner palace was peaceful and serene.
In the twenty-third year of the Yonghe reign, Yinchu was nearly sixty years old. That year, Yinchu decided to follow the example of the Kangxi Emperor and abdicate in favor of his eldest son, Hongxu. Although Hongxu was somewhat indulgent in women, he was ultimately the successor personally groomed by the emperor.
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