Tan Xia, a concubine of Emperor Yonghe
As you can tell from her name, Tanxia was a maid.
Tanxia doesn't remember her surname. She only remembers that when she was young, her hometown suffered a disaster, her parents died, and she and her twin sister Zhiqiu ended up in the capital, where they lived by begging.
Later, he was abducted by human traffickers.
When they were six or seven years old, Tanxia and her younger sister Zhiqiu were chosen by the fifth princess of the Feiyanggu family.
The fifth princess of Lord Feiyanggu's family was a girl as beautiful as an angel, and she also had a lovely name, Ulanara Yirou.
After Tanxia and her sister were bought and taken back, they were washed and dressed and then sent to serve in the courtyard of the Fifth Princess of the Ulanara family.
After meeting the sisters Tanxia and Zhiqiu, Fifth Princess's eyes flashed with disgust, but under the careful persuasion of her mother, Jue Luo Shi, she kept Tanxia and her sister and gave them the names Tanxia and Zhiqiu.
From then on, Tanxia and her younger sister served in the Fifth Princess's courtyard.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the Fifth Princess has grown into a graceful young lady.
Her dance, "The Dance of the Startling Swan," was so beautiful that it made her famous throughout the capital; she was said to be breathtakingly beautiful...
In the thirty-fourth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the Fifth Princess entered the palace to participate in the imperial concubine selection. She was recorded in the list of candidates for official service, but no marriage was arranged for her.
There are rumors in the capital that the Fifth Princess will become the Fourth Prince's primary consort.
The Fourth Prince was known to Tan Xia and the other maids. He was born to the Imperial Noble Consort and had an older brother and an older sister who had been taken away by immortals to cultivate immortality.
Tanxia and her sister were genuinely happy for Fifth Princess.
At this time, news came from the palace that the Imperial Noble Consort had arranged for two princesses and one concubine in the Fourth Prince's harem.
Lady Jue Luo felt that she should arrange for someone to enter the Fourth Prince's backyard as soon as possible to win him over. So, Tan Xia and her sister were unfortunately chosen by Lady Jue Luo and Ulanara Yirou.
Before being given to the Fourth Prince, Ulanara Yirou ruthlessly gave Tanxia and her twin sister Zhiqiu a drug that would prevent them from having children, so that Tanxia and her sister would be at her mercy for the rest of their lives.
Tanxia calmly accepted her fate, because it was already difficult enough to survive. If she couldn't have children, then so be it!
But her twin sister, Zhi Qiu, didn't think so.
It was probably around this time that my younger sister, Zhi Qiu, began to hate Ulanara Yi Rou!
Three years later, things suddenly changed. Fifth Princess Ulanara Yirou was betrothed to the Second Prince as his secondary wife. On the contrary, Seventh Princess, who had never been favored by the master and mistress and was even often mentioned by Fifth Princess, was suddenly betrothed to the Fourth Prince as his wife.
When Tanxia heard that on the day the imperial envoy came to the mansion to deliver the imperial decree, the Fifth Princess fainted on the spot and then threw a huge tantrum...
Tan Xia, although she had been given to the Fourth Prince for two years, had never even seen him. On the contrary, her younger sister, Zhi Qiu, was frequently visited by the Fourth Prince in her room.
Tanxia thought, "Let's do it this way!"
Left and right are in the Fourth Prince's backyard, with food and drink, and maids to serve them, so they can just go with the flow.
Until one day, the younger sister, Zhi Qiu, suddenly told Tan Xia that she had told the Fourth Prince everything about Lord Fei Yang Gu's purpose in sending them to the Fourth Prince's side.
Tanxia panicked instantly.
Later, her younger sister told Tanxia not to overthink things and not to worry about what her sister was doing.
Tanxia thought about it for three days and three nights and decided to turn a blind eye.
Years later, the Fourth Prince ascended the throne, and Tanxia and her sister were granted the title of Noble Lady.
Tanxia is Consort Xia, and her younger sister Zhiqiu is Consort Qiu. Their former mistress, the Fifth Princess of the Ulanara family, who later became the Second Prince's wife, was imprisoned in the Second Prince's residence.
After serving as a noblewoman for several years, Tan Xia was further promoted to the rank of Consort Zhi.
Tanxia found the title rather ironic, because from the very beginning, weren't Tanxia and her sister Zhiqiu hostages sent into the Emperor's harem by Lord Feiyanggu and the Second Prince's wife?
The younger sister, Zhi Qiu, received a fine title and was granted the title of Consort Su.
Later, the emperor abdicated and moved to the Yuanmingyuan with his concubines. It was only then that Tanxia learned that her sister had never been favored by the emperor and was still a pure and innocent virgin.
Several years later, Tan Xia died of illness at the Changchun Garden Palace.
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Consort Su, whose given name is Zhi Qiu.
Zhi Qiu and her twin sister were once maids in Lord Fei Yanggu's mansion, serving the future Second Princess Consort.
When Zhi Qiu was about sixteen, she and her sister were given a potion to prevent them from having children by the future Second Prince's wife and then sent to the Fourth Prince as concubines. Zhi Qiu was stunned the first time she saw the Fourth Prince.
Because the Fourth Prince standing before Zhi Qiu was the same young man she had seen chatting and laughing with the Seventh Princess when she passed by her courtyard from afar.
It took Zhi Qiu half a month to finally figure out the whole story.
According to legend, the woman the Fourth Prince was in love with was never the future Second Prince's wife, the beautiful Fifth Princess of the Ulanara family, but rather the always-overlooked Seventh Princess.
The Fourth Prince wasn't waiting for the Fifth Princess to turn eighteen; rather, it was because the Seventh Princess wasn't old enough for the imperial concubine selection.
Later, Zhi Qiu took the initiative to see the Fourth Prince and told him in detail why she and her sister Tan Xia had been sent to the Fourth Prince's backyard.
The Fourth Prince told Zhi Qiu to keep her older sister Tan Xia in check and to send false messages to the Fei Yanggu family.
Zhi Qiu already harbored resentment towards the Fifth Princess of the Ulanara family, her former master, so she agreed without hesitation!
Later, it turned out that the gamble paid off.
The Fifth Princess waited for three years before being betrothed to the Second Prince, who had lost his wife, as his secondary consort. The Seventh Princess, on the other hand, was betrothed to the Fourth Prince as his primary consort.
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