Xiang concubine Chunshi
Chun was a palace maid who served the emperor, and her gaining favor with the emperor was actually an accident.
But that's not important. What's important is that Emperor Kangxi treated Lady Chun with some affection. Lady Chun's appearance was not outstanding among the palace maids in front of the emperor.
Chunshi thought that being able to serve Emperor Kangxi even once in her life was already a great honor.
Chunshi had long been prepared to live a life of seclusion as a palace maid, so she was well-behaved and did not compete for anything. Among the other palace maids serving the emperor at that time, she was practically invisible.
Emperor Kangxi would have Lady Chun serve him in bed once or twice every year or two.
Afterwards, Chun was granted the title of "Daying" and was given residence in Qixiang Palace. The principal wife of Qixiang Palace at that time was Anpin, who was the granddaughter of Fuxi Efu. She entered the palace through the imperial concubine selection and had not given birth for many years.
Heaven smiled upon Chun, and she became pregnant. Consort An took extra care of Chun, and Chun knew that Consort An wanted to raise the child in her womb, which Chun was happy to do.
Chun knew that her background meant she couldn't give her child a good future.
Later, after ten months of pregnancy, Chun gave birth to a princess. Consort An probably did not want to raise a princess, so she did not insist. Chun's daughter was able to stay in Qixiang Palace and be cared for by Chun and Consort An together.
Years later, Consort An passed away, and Lady Chun, residing in Qixiang Palace, was also forgotten by the other concubines in the harem.
If it weren't for the fact that Lady Chun had a daughter, she probably wouldn't have been able to endure her days in the palace. Later, Lady Chun was granted the title of Noble Lady Xiang, which, although not a concubine rank, entitled her to the privileges of a concubine.
After Chunshi's daughter married a Mongolian man, her days in the palace were cold and lonely.
Later, when Emperor Kangxi abdicated and became the Retired Emperor, he moved to the Changchun Garden Imperial Palace. Lady Chun followed him there. While at the Changchun Garden Imperial Palace, Lady Chun was given the title of Consort Xiang by Emperor Kangxi. A few years later, Lady Chun passed away at the age of fifty-seven.
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Consort Cheng, of the Daijia clan
Daijia was the birth mother of Princess Heshuo Youjing. Daijia was once young and beautiful. She was chosen by Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and was promoted to serve the emperor along with Consort Liang.
The difference between the lives of Lady Daijia and Consort Liang is probably just a matter of their children!
Consort Liang, née Wei, was lucky; she gave birth to the Fifth Prince, Yinzhi, who later became Prince Lian of the First Rank. She was granted the title of Consort Liang at a young age. Consort Daijia, although she became pregnant before Consort Liang, gave birth to a princess.
Moreover, the princess born to Lady Daijia was born with a leg ailment.
From then on, Lady Daijia was disliked, despised, and neglected by Emperor Kangxi. At that time, Consort Yu gave Lady Daijia a way out and moved with the princess to the remote Chunxi Palace.
Although Lady Daijia was only a concubine at the time, she was able to raise the princess herself.
Later, Lady Daijia was successively granted the titles of Consort Cheng and Noble Lady Cheng. Lady Daijia's daughter, due to a congenital leg ailment, escaped the fate of being married off to Mongolia and was able to marry in the capital.
Although the prince consort was from the Han Banner Army, he was still considered to be from a prestigious family.
It is said that Daijia's daughter lived a relatively happy life after her marriage. After all, she was a princess, and the royal family had to give her due respect.
Later, before her death, Lady Daijia was granted the title of Consort Cheng...
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Consort Chang, of the Changjia clan
Alas, Lady Changjia was also a palace maid serving the emperor.
During the years that Lady Changjia served the Emperor, Emperor Kangxi favored many beautiful palace maids, most of whom were granted the titles of "Daying" or "Changzai," and some later climbed step by step to the ranks of "Pin" and "Fei."
When Changjia was first granted a title, she was only a concubine, a rank slightly higher than a palace maid, and resided in Xianfu Palace.
Lady Changjia had two pregnancies, but she miscarried before three months into her first pregnancy. During her second pregnancy, she was very careful and finally gave birth to a princess after ten months of pregnancy.
Because Lady Changjia gave birth to a princess, she was granted the title of Noble Lady, but without any official rank.
Later, Imperial Noble Consort Xu Mu'er was made Empress, and Changjia received the title 'Ying'. Although she was a Noble Lady, she enjoyed the privileges of a Consort, and was addressed as Noble Lady Ying throughout the palace.
Later, because of her maternal family, the Changjia clan, she offended Emperor Kangxi and was stripped of her title. As a result, her daughter was also implicated and married off to the Urad tribe of Mongolia.
Many years later
After Emperor Kangxi abdicated and died at the Changchun Garden Palace, Lady Changjia was honored as a concubine by Emperor Yonghe, but without a formal title.
Lady Changjia had only one daughter, who married far away to the Urad tribe of Mongolia. Over the years, she only returned to the capital once, when Emperor Yonghe ascended the throne. Lady Changjia eventually died of illness in Shou Kang Palace at the age of sixty-six.
In her later years, Lady Changjia also regretted that she should not have offended Emperor Kangxi because of her maternal family.
If she hadn't offended Emperor Kangxi, perhaps Changjia's daughter wouldn't have been married off to the Urad tribe of Mongolia, and perhaps everything would have been different. But there's no going back.
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Hershey
In the thirty-second year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the sixteen-year-old Hesheli clan member was sent to the palace by her master, Ebilun, and her master, Suo'etu. When she first entered the palace, Hesheli and another Hesheli clan member were merely concubines.
Hesheli was a concubine of Tangli, and her background was slightly better than that of other members of the Hesheli clan.
However, this does not change the fact that Hesheli was merely an unnamed concubine. While her birth was better than another Hesheli concubine, it did not mean her fate was better.
Empress Hesheli fell behind and became pregnant, giving birth to the seventeenth prince, Yinlu. The seventeenth prince became Empress Hesheli's only child, and she never had another child after that.
In the thirty-eighth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Hesheli was granted the title of Noble Lady, but without a formal title.
Hesheli held the position of Noble Lady for over thirty years. Even with children and grandchildren, she remained a Noble Lady. It was only after Emperor Kangxi abdicated and died at the Changchun Garden Palace that Emperor Yonghe bestowed upon her the title 'Mo', making her Noble Lady Mo.
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