Consort Ning, of the Borjigit clan
Borjigit came from the Khorchin Mongols and was the daughter of a prince of Khorchin.
Although she is a daughter of the grasslands, she is quiet and gentle, lacking the heroic spirit of other grassland women. She has a gentle temperament and possesses the charm of a woman from the legendary Jiangnan region.
At the age of fourteen, Borjigit was sent to the capital. After that, she felt like she had struck gold and was chosen by Emperor Kangxi to enter the palace. She was initially granted the title of Consort Ning and resided in Zhongcui Palace.
When Borjigit first entered the palace, she was timid and weak.
Having been in the palace for over a year, Borjigit had never served the emperor. She remained indifferent, neither vying for favor nor competing, and lived quietly in Zhongcui Palace. Although Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang at the time intended to encourage Borjigit to gain favor and continue the Khorchin's glory in the palace, ...
Perhaps the Borjigit clan was simply not worthy of serious consideration!
Therefore, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang gave up.
Borjigit's peaceful life took a turn for the worse in the 22nd year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. That year, Borjigit was eighteen years old. Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, seeing that the Emperor had no interest in Mongolian concubines, and knowing that Borjigit and Consort Wan might never have children...
Therefore, when Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was seriously ill, she took advantage of her age and pressured Emperor Kangxi to give Borjigit and Consort Wan a son or daughter.
Borjigit originally thought she could only raise one princess at most, but in the end, Emperor Kangxi entrusted the Sixth Prince to Borjigit for upbringing, while Consort Wan raised a princess instead.
Borjigit was happy.
Later, Borjigit, along with Wenzha, the birth mother of the Sixth Prince, raised him together.
Gradually, Borjigit was promoted to Consort Ning and then to Noble Consort Ning, while Wenzha was also granted the title of Consort Xin. Borjigit and Wenzha devoted themselves to raising the Sixth Prince in Zhongcui Palace.
After the Sixth Prince came of age, he married a woman from the Guarjia clan as his primary wife.
Lady Guarjia was beautiful and she and the Sixth Prince, Yin Tang, were a perfect match. Their children were also handsome boys and beautiful girls.
After Emperor Kangxi abdicated and became the Retired Emperor, he took his concubines to the Changchun Garden Palace. Several years later, Borjigit reached the end of her life and passed away before the Retired Emperor, the Retired Empress, and Empress Wenzha.
Borjigit was at ease with her sixth son, Yinzhen, because even after her death, she still had her mother, Wenzha.
Moreover, the Sixth Prince has a talent for business, which increases the national treasury's annual commercial tax by ten million taels. He is deeply trusted and relied upon by the Retired Emperor, the Retired Empress, and the Emperor in the palace.
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Consort Jin, née Yu
Born into a wealthy family, Yu's father was Yu Chenglong, the Governor-General of Liangjiang. Yu grew up pampered and privileged, enjoying clothes, jewelry, and cosmetics that others envied.
Yu's father and mother often said that daughters should be pampered.
Thus, Lady Yu grew up pampered and spoiled. Later, when she was sixteen years old, in the twenty-first year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, an imperial edict was issued, ordering Lady Yu to enter the palace to serve the emperor in six months.
The imperial palace is the largest place where the emperor resides. What woman in the world doesn't yearn to enter the palace?
Moreover, upon hearing that Emperor Kangxi was not yet thirty and was in his prime, Lady Yu entered the palace with great joy, hoping to gain the emperor's favor, become the most favored concubine, and eventually become a consort.
After entering the palace, Lady Yu discovered that things were not as she had imagined. Not to mention the favored imperial concubines, there were also senior concubines like Consort Hui and Consort Duan. Even among those summoned to the palace at the same time, there were eight other women, all of whom were of good appearance and came from distinguished families.
After spending several years in the palace, Yu's life was relatively smooth. After all, her father was the Governor-General of Liangjiang, and the Jiangnan region was always prosperous, with annual salt taxes amounting to several million taels.
Later, Lady Yu became pregnant and dreamed of being made a concubine, then a royal consort, and finally a noble consort after giving birth to a prince. However, after ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to a princess and was only granted a title.
Yu Shi also wondered if the Emperor was intentionally reminding her and her family to be cautious in their words and deeds. After all, at that time, Yu Shi's father was granted the title of Yunqiwei for his meritorious service in reporting Nalan Mingzhu and Yu Guozhu for selling official positions and titles.
About a year later, when the Imperial Noble Consort was conferred her title, Lady Yu was conferred the title of Consort Jin and became a principal of a palace.
Lady Yu was on good terms with Consort De, who had given birth to the Fourteenth Prince. However, Lady Yu always felt that Consort De was too ambitious, so she maintained a distance from her—not particularly close, but not distant either.
Ten years later, the Imperial Noble Consort gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and was made Empress.
That year, Lady Yu and Consort De were also promoted to the rank of Imperial Concubine.
Ten years after becoming a concubine, Yu's daughter reached marriageable age and married far away to the Ongniud tribe of Mongolia, becoming the princess of the Ongniud tribe.
Although Yu was reluctant to let her daughter marry far away, she knew that there was no way to change it.
Madam Yu could only prepare a large dowry for her daughter and arrange loyal and capable guards and palace servants to serve her.
Three years later, Emperor Kangxi abdicated, and the fourth prince, son of Empress Xu Mu'er, ascended the throne. Yu's daughter and son-in-law returned to Beijing to attend the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, and Yu finally saw her daughter again.
The daughter said everything was fine in the Ongniud tribe, except that they had no children.
At that time, Lady Yu vaguely learned from the Empress Dowager's palace that the Mongol tribes did not actually want the Qing princess to bear children, so she subtly mentioned this to her daughter.
Later, Lady Yu went to the Changchun Garden Palace with the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emeritus. During those years at Changchun Garden, Lady Yu received news that her daughter had not become pregnant.
After the death of the Emperor Emeritus, Lady Yu returned to the palace with the Empress Emeritus.
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