Aisin-Gioro Yinshi was the Prince Yan of the First Rank in the Qing Dynasty.
Yinshi was the thirteenth son of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and the tenth prince in order of seniority. In August of the thirty-seventh year of his reign, the fourteen-year-old Yinshi was granted the title of Dorobele, making him one of only two princes in the Qing Dynasty to be granted this title at the youngest age.
Why is it said to be one of only two?
Because Yin Shi also had a twin brother who was born on the same day, month, and year as Yin Shi, only half a cup of tea later than him, and was also granted the title of Beile in that year.
In the twenty-fourth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinshi was born.
That year, Yin Shi's mother was promoted from Consort Yu to Imperial Noble Consort. For some reason, the investiture ceremony was not held for her. Three years later, Yin Shi's mother gave birth to twin sisters, and the investiture ceremony was finally held, making her a legitimate Imperial Noble Consort.
The Imperial Noble Consort held a rank equivalent to that of a secondary empress, making her the most powerful woman in the harem at the time.
Because at that time, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Empress Dowager Xiaohui had already passed away one after another. Although the imperial concubines were elders, some had died of illness, and others were no longer involved in affairs.
With Yinshi's mother becoming an Imperial Noble Consort, the marriages of Yinshi and his brothers and sisters naturally attracted even more attention.
In Yinshi's memory, not only did the court officials hope to marry their daughters to them and their sons to his sisters, but even his mother's maternal relatives and her sisters also wanted to form marriage alliances.
In the 37th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the selection of Yinzhi's fourth sister-in-law was finally completed. To everyone's surprise, it was not the eldest daughter of the Grand Minister Fei Yanggu, nor the legendary beauty who had once made the capital famous for her stunning dance.
Instead, it was Fei Yanggu's little-known second daughter...
Although Yinshi was disappointed, he thought again that his fourth brother was quite happy and satisfied with his fourth sister-in-law.
As long as my fourth brother is happy.
In any case, only women who marry his fourth brother can become his fourth sister-in-law. Otherwise, they are just strangers to him, at most just stunningly beautiful.
That same year, Yinshi welcomed the first woman in my life, Lady Tatara.
Tatara was Yinshi's aunt. She married into the Tatara family as the wife of the third legitimate son. She was the niece of Xu Yujin, the ninth sister of Yinshi's mother. However, she was born out of wedlock and was only fifteen years old when she first entered Yinshi's harem. She was as quiet and gentle as water.
Before this, Yinshi's mother had not given him any maids to serve him, and Yinshi did not care, because to Yinshi, he was still a child himself, how could he have children?
In the fortieth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinzhi was already seventeen years old, the age for choosing a wife.
To Yinshi's surprise, his wife was not one of the selected ladies-in-waiting that year, but rather the youngest daughter of Minister Ke'erkun, who was five years younger than Yinshi and only twelve years old that year.
Yinzhi was somewhat speechless about the consort his father and mother had chosen for him.
But then I thought, being younger is good too. At least for the next four or five years, I won't get married, and I can live a carefree and happy life for those four or five years.
As for the princesses in the mansion, Yinzhi was the master, and they were the servants.
How can a servant control his master?
In the forty-third year, the marriage was arranged. Yinzhi was seventeen years old, and his future wife, Lady Irgen Gioro, was sixteen. Originally, Yinzhi and Lady Irgen Gioro were supposed to marry in the forty-fourth year, but Lady Irgen Gioro's mother suddenly died of a violent illness.
Therefore, he had no choice but to observe another twenty-seven months of mourning.
In the forty-sixth year, at the age of twenty-three, Yinzhi finally married a woman from the Irgen Gioro clan. Before this, Yinzhi's twin brother, Yinsi, was already the father of five children.
Among them, Yinzhi's sister-in-law gave birth to four legitimate children for his eleventh brother, Yinzhi.
And Yinshi,
Although he had an eldest daughter, a second daughter, and even a third and fourth daughter who were about to be born, he still got married at this age, which is an undeniable fact.
Irgen Gioro was a woman with striking features, gentle and virtuous, possessing the demeanor of a primary consort.
The only regret was that Lady Irgen Gioro was too dignified, so Yinzhi didn't seem to have much interest in her. Yinzhi usually preferred to visit the concubines and maids.
However, it is still essential to show due respect to the Irgen Gioro clan.
Although Yinshi and Lady Irgen Gioro did not have much of a married life, Lady Irgen Gioro did not conceive for the first three years after entering the Prince's Mansion. However, after three years, she suddenly became pregnant and gave birth to four more children, giving birth to a total of five legitimate sons.
There should be a total of twenty women in Prince Yinshi's residence, right?
After all, Yinzhi was a Prince of the First Rank, the legitimate son of Emperor Kangxi and Empress Xiaoshuren, and had an older brother who later became Emperor Yonghe. Therefore, many court officials wanted to send women to Yinzhi.
In addition, there was a talent selection held every three years, bestowed by Emperors Kangxi and Yonghe.
Of the twenty women, half bore children for Yinzhi, while the other half either never conceived or suffered miscarriages.
It is worth mentioning that the princess Tatara, whom Empress Xiaoshuren initially bestowed upon Yinshi, gave birth to his eldest daughter in the forty-fourth year of his reign, and then gave birth to twin daughters in the forty-sixth year of his reign.
After Lady Irgen Gioro entered the mansion and gave birth to a legitimate son, Yinzhi submitted a memorial to the palace, requesting that Lady Tara be made a secondary consort.
Years later, the eldest of Tatara's three daughters was granted the title of princess by the Yonghe Emperor and married into the Mongol tribe...
In addition, there was an Iraqi woman,
Like Tatara, Ilari was a blessed woman. She gave birth to a daughter as her first child, and a few years later she gave birth to twins. She was then invited by Yinzhi to be made a secondary consort.
The second daughter of the Ilari clan, the eldest of twins, was later granted the title of Heshuo Princess by the Yonghe Emperor and married into the Mongol tribe.
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