Prince Shen of the First Rank, Yinxi
In March of the thirty-sixth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinxi was born in Changchun Palace. At that time, Yinxi's birth mother, Lady Chen, was just a minor concubine. Yinxi also had an older brother, Prince Guo, Yinli.
In the thirty-eighth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Consort Chen was granted the title of Noble Lady Qin because she had given birth to two sons.
In the 49th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinxi was 14 years old. He was granted the title of Gushan Beizi by the Kangxi Emperor when the emperor bestowed titles upon his sons. In the 51st year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, when the emperor abdicated, Yinxi was only 16 years old.
In the first year of the Yonghe reign, Yinxi was seventeen years old, the age to choose a consort. However, for some reason, during the selection process that year, Yinxi's consort was not decided. Emperor Yonghe only bestowed two princesses upon Yinxi.
Three years later, in August of the fourth year of the Yonghe reign.
Emperor Yonghe and Empress Ulanara arranged for a talented and beautiful young woman from the Ula Guarjia clan to marry Yinxi as his primary consort. The marriage took place in February of the following year.
Yinxi and Guarjia were married by imperial decree.
It wasn't until five years later that Lady Guarjia gave birth to Yinxi's third son. She then gave birth to her fourth and fifth daughters in the fourteenth and sixteenth years of the Yonghe reign, respectively.
Yinxi had seven sons and seven daughters, as well as several concubines, princesses, and maids.
Furthermore, during the Yonghe reign, Yinxi was promoted to Doroshen Beile, then Doroshen Junwang, and during the Gan'an reign, he was promoted to Heshuo Shen Qinwang. During the Yilong reign, there were no more titles to be bestowed upon him, so he could only be rewarded with gold, silver, and jewels.
Although he eventually attained the title of Prince of the First Rank and had many children and grandchildren, few of his descendants were successful, and Yinxi himself remained a prince with little influence.
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Prince Yinqi of Dorome
In February of the thirty-seventh year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Consort Sanghua, of the Hesheli clan, gave birth to her second child in Changchun Palace. Fortunately, this time it was a healthy little prince.
Yinqi was initially the 23rd son of the emperor, but later became the 20th prince in the imperial order.
Consort Sanghua, having given birth to a son and a daughter, was granted the title of Noble Lady Xiang in the thirty-eighth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign.
In the 49th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the fourth prince, Yinchu, was made crown prince by the emperor. In the same year, Yinqi, along with several other princes of similar age, was granted the title of Gushan Beizi at the young age of thirteen.
In the fifty-first year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinqi was fifteen years old, the same year that the Kangxi Emperor abdicated.
Emperor Kangxi took his retired concubines to the Changchun Garden Palace to live out their retirement, while Yinqi and others remained in the palace. In the fourth year of the Yonghe reign, Yinqi, at the age of nineteen, chose Lady Tongjia as his consort.
Tongjia was the niece of Consort Que, and came from the branch of Tong Guogang, making her of noble birth.
After their marriage, although Yinqi and Tongjia only had one son and one daughter, their relationship was harmonious. None of the princesses or concubines in Yinqi's household dared to offend Tongjia.
In the tenth year of the Yonghe reign, Yinqi was granted the title of Doromub Beile. More than twenty years later, in the tenth year of the Qian'an reign, he was promoted again and became the Doromub Junwang.
Throughout his life, Yinqi was well-off, but he didn't achieve any great success. He died at over sixty years old, leaving behind eight sons and four daughters, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
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Prince Xin of the First Rank, Yinzhi
Yinzhen was the twenty-fourth son of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and the twenty-first prince in the imperial order. He was born in January of the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign in Changchun Palace, one of the six western palaces.
Yinzhen's birth mother was Consort Chen, who was then a concubine of the Lan family. She later became Noble Lady He, Imperial Concubine He of the late Emperor, and Imperial Concubine He of the late Emperor.
After the thirty-eighth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Consort He received no further promotions until the tenth year of the Yonghe Emperor's reign, when the Kangxi Emperor passed away and Consort He was honored as Imperial Concubine He by the Yonghe Emperor.
Later, in the tenth year of Emperor Gan'an's reign, she was honored by Emperor Gan'an with the titles of Imperial Ancestor and Imperial Concubine.
In the 49th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Yinzhen was twelve years old. That year, the Kangxi Emperor bestowed titles upon his sons, and Yinzhen successfully obtained the title of Gushan Beizi. In the 51st year...
In the fourth year of the Yonghe reign, which was also the year of the imperial selection, the Yonghe Emperor and Empress Ulanara chose a young woman from the Xu Muer family, a powerful clan, as his consort for his younger brother, Yinzhen.
Yinzhen's wife, Xu Muer, did not come from a high social class. She was the eldest daughter of Xu Huaiming, the youngest brother of the then Empress Dowager Xu Lejin.
Unlike his elder brother Xu Huaizhen and his sixth half-brother Xu Huainian, Xu Huaiming was spoiled from a young age because he was the youngest son.
When Xu Huaiming was seventeen, one of his beautiful maids became pregnant.
The kind-hearted old lady of the Xu family at the time allowed the maid to keep the child in her womb, saying that after the maid gave birth, the child would stay with Xu Mu'er's family, while the maid would be sent to the estate.
After ten months of pregnancy, the maid gave birth to a daughter, Xu Huaiming's eldest daughter born out of wedlock.
Although she was the eldest daughter of a concubine, she was raised by Madam Xie from a young age. Apart from her humble origins, she was quite good in every way.
Because of this slight blemish on his reputation, Xu Huaiming did not marry a woman from the imperial clan like his elder brother Xu Huaizhen and his sixth half-brother Xu Huainian. Instead, he married a woman from a less prominent family, the Sakda clan.
Sakda was of humble birth, and naturally, she could only turn a blind eye to her husband's eldest daughter from a concubine.
In the fourth year of the Yonghe reign, Lady Xu Muer was bestowed upon Yinzhen as his primary consort. After much deliberation, the Xu Muer family decided to register Lady Xu Muer under the name of the Sakda clan and treat her as their legitimate daughter.
In the tenth year of the Yonghe reign, Yinzhen was promoted to the rank of Doroxin Beile.
In the tenth year of the Qian'an era, he was again promoted to Prince Duoluoxin. During the Yilong era, when he was over sixty years old, he was further promoted to Prince Heshuo Xin.
Yinzhen had ten sons and twelve daughters, including four daughters and one son with his wife, Lady Xu Muer.
During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, Yinzhen had three daughters, one legitimate and two illegitimate, who were betrothed to the Chahar, Bairin, and Jarud tribes of Mongolia, respectively. Yinzhen's final title was inherited by an illegitimate son.
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