Prince Lian, Yinzhi
Yinzhi was the daughter of Consort Liang, née Wei, and had also been raised by Consort Hui, née Nara, for several years.
Consort Liang entered the palace as a maid during her early years. After four or five years in the palace, she was selected by Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang because of her beauty and was promoted to serve Emperor Kangxi.
In the nineteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Lady Wei, who was then a concubine, became pregnant.
The following year, Lady Wei gave birth to Yinzhi, who later became the Fifth Prince. Lady Wei then became Consort Wei, and later Consort Liang.
A few years later, Consort Liang became Consort Liang and lived in the rear hall of Yonghe Palace. Although she was a consort, she was not the head of a palace. Consort Liang lived in Yonghe Palace with Consort Wan, who was the head of Yonghe Palace at the time.
Consort Wan, of the Borjigit clan, was born into the Khorchin Mongol tribe, and was succeeded by Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.
Consort Liang and Consort Wan began a battle for custody of their child, which ultimately resulted in both being severely injured and confined to Yonghe Palace.
Consort Liang was recommended by Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and had given birth to a prince. In the first twenty or thirty years of Emperor Kangxi's reign, he was not particularly stingy with the ranks of consorts. As long as she did not cause trouble, she would definitely get a consort rank when Yinzhi grew up.
However, Consort Liang was not a docile person; she began to cause trouble.
As a result of her misdeeds, Consort Liang was demoted to a commoner and sent to the Cold Palace. Soon after, Consort Liang died suddenly in the Cold Palace, and Yinzhi became a child without a mother.
Years later, Yinzhi gradually grew up...
At that time, Consort Hui took the opportunity to propose to raise Yinzhi because the Second Prince Yinti was injured and had difficulty having children. After careful consideration, Emperor Kangxi finally agreed.
The princesses and concubines around Yinzhi were all arranged by Consort Hui. Initially, there were palace maids of the Song and Li families, and later, through a selection process, members of the Niohuru, Ulanara, and Wu families, among others.
In the thirty-sixth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the Kangxi Emperor betrothed Guo Luoluo, the granddaughter of Prince An, Yue Le, to Yinzhi as his primary consort.
Consort Hui disliked Guo Luoluo, her adopted son's wife.
Yinzhi was filial to his adoptive mother. As a result, although Lady Guoluo was his primary consort, Yinzhi treated her with cold indifference. While the princesses and concubines in Yinzhi's harem gave birth to children one after another, Lady Guoluo had no children of her own.
In the 49th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinzhi was granted the title of Prince Lian.
Under Consort Hui's tutelage, Yinzhi actively participated in the struggle for the throne, but it was ultimately a joke. Emperor Kangxi never took Yinzhi or Consort Hui seriously. The reason he allowed Yinzhi to develop and make a fuss was simply to train the fourth prince, who would later become the crown prince, Yinchu.
Crown Prince Yinchu ascended the throne in the fifty-first year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign.
Consort Hui, in her delirious state, uttered shocking words, leaving Yinzhi utterly stunned. It turned out that he had a previous life; in his previous life, he was the Eighth Prince, his birth mother was also Lady Wei, and his wife was Lady Guoluo, the granddaughter of Prince An.
However, in his previous life, after Yinzhi married Lady Guoluo, she was extremely jealous, which caused him to have no heir.
In his fear, Yinzhi fell ill and never recovered. By the time he recovered, he was on his deathbed, lying there looking at his son and daughter who were attending to him.
Yinzhi's heart was filled with complex emotions.
The son and daughter before him were children his adoptive mother said he didn't have in his previous life. Because of his adoptive mother's rebirth, he now had six sons and four daughters.
After a year of being bedridden, Yinzhi passed away at the age of thirty-three.
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Prince Jia, Yin Tang
In the twenty-second year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinzhen was born in Changchun Palace, one of the six western palaces.
Yin Tang's birth mother, Lady Wenzha, was over twenty years old at the time. She had served in the palace for many years before giving birth to Yin Tang safely. She became Noble Lady Wen and was later promoted to Noble Lady Xin, Consort Xin, and Imperial Concubine Xin.
Because his birth mother was of low rank and unable to raise him personally, the infant Yin Tang was given to Consort Ning, Borjigit, for upbringing.
Consort Ning was kind-hearted and allowed Noble Lady Xin to visit Yin Tang at Zhongcui Palace often. Later, she even allowed Noble Lady Xin to move to Zhongcui Palace to live with her. Under the joint care of Consort Ning and Noble Lady Xin, Yin Tang grew up safely into his teens.
Later, Consort Ning was promoted to Imperial Concubine Ning and then to Noble Consort Ning, while Noble Lady Xin was also promoted to Consort Xin. The two continued to live together in Zhongcui Palace.
In the 37th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, a beautiful woman from the Guarjia clan was chosen as the primary consort for Yinzhen. Two years later, Yinzhen and Guarjia were married.
Yinzhen had a great talent for business and his business was very successful.
In addition, Yinzhen was surrounded by many beautiful women.
Yin Tang rose from Dorobele to Dorojia Junwang, and then to Heshuo Jiaqinwang. His harem consisted of one primary consort, and the rest were princesses and concubines.
He had a total of eight sons and twelve daughters, of whom three were born of his principal wife and three were born of his principal wife.
According to the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty: Records of the Prince Jia's Mansion," half of Yin Tang's daughters—his second, third, fifth, eighth, ninth, and eleventh daughters—were married off to Mongolia. Yin Tang's daughters were exceptionally beautiful and highly favored by the various Mongolian tribes. His fifth and ninth daughters, in particular, were fought over by three Mongolian grandfathers and grandsons, and four brothers, respectively.
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Prince Dun, Yin'e
Yin'e was born in the 22nd year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. His mother, Qi Jiahai, was a palace maid.
Because Yin'e's birth cry was loud and clear, and given that Lady Wenzha had previously given birth to Yin Tang, who had a feminine appearance, Emperor Kangxi was greatly pleased with Yin'e's birth.
Qi Jiahai was granted the title of Noble Lady, which was a leapfrogged from her previous rank.
Later, when Yin'e was three years old, he was named the seventh prince.
Yin'e had no adoptive mother, only a birth mother, Qi Jiahai. From a young age, Yin'e was raised in the prince's quarters by wet nurses and palace servants, and his relationship with his birth mother, Qi Jiahai, was not close.
In the thirty-seventh year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yin'e was granted the title of Beile and betrothed to Dong'e's seventy-year-old eldest daughter as his Fujin (wife).
Dong E was seventy years old, and his official position at the time was Commander-in-Chief. In addition, Dong E had a daughter who had been a concubine of the Second Prince, Yin Ti, but died in the palace.
It is said that Yin'e's title of Dorobele was due to his wife, Lady Dong'e; otherwise, given his mother's humble origins, he would only have been granted the title of Gushan Beizi.
After Yin'e married Dong'e, although they were not particularly loving, he still gave Dong'e the respect due to a legitimate wife, and there were never any crazy rumors of favoring a concubine over the wife in the household.
Yin'e had six sons and six daughters. His eldest daughter, fourth daughter, fifth daughter, and fourth son were born to his primary consort, Lady Dong'e. When Yin'e's legitimate son was born, his eldest son born out of wedlock was already sixteen years old.
The eldest son born out of wedlock has grown up, but the legitimate son is still young.
If it were anyone else, they would have requested that the eldest son born of a concubine be named heir apparent, as this would be more secure and safer. However, Yin'e did not do so. Instead, he requested that the infant legitimate son be named heir apparent.
Many years later, although Yin'e's eldest son was a little weak, he grew up smoothly, married and had children.
Yin'e died in the fifth year of the Yilong reign.
In the first year of the reign of Emperor Yilong, Hongxu ascended the throne as Emperor Gan'an. Because Yin'e had always been well-behaved, and because Yin'e had two daughters, one legitimate and one illegitimate, who were married off to the Mongols, Hongxu generously promoted Yin'e to Prince Jia of the First Rank.
Throughout his life, Yin'e's birth mother came from a humble background but rose through the ranks to become a concubine. Yin'e's life can be described as one of passively accepting defeat and ultimately achieving the title of Prince.
The "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty" does not contain much information about Yin'e, and the "Records of the Prince Dun's Mansion" has been lost, so there is no conclusive evidence to verify Yin'e's life.
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