1. Xu Chujin
Xu Chujin is the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Xu family, and also the eldest legitimate daughter.
At the age of twelve, Xu Chujin passed the preliminary selection by the Imperial Household Department and became a palace maid, assigned to the embroidery workshop. After several years of hard work and experience...
Xu Chujin has become an outstanding embroiderer in the palace's embroidery workshop.
The twelfth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign was a year that changed Xu Chujin's fate. In that year, Xu Chujin's younger sister was favored by the Kangxi Emperor and made a concubine. The following year, she gave birth to triplets, a boy and a girl, auspiciously blessed.
The second branch of the Xu family was elevated to a Manchu banner and granted a new surname; Consort Xu was bestowed the title of Consort Yu; and a series of joyous events followed.
Xu Chujin, who had served as a palace maid for eleven years, was granted permission to return home and marry at her own discretion. She had originally planned to remain in the palace for thirty years as a maid or nanny, but suddenly her life took a turn for the worse.
Outside the palace, Xu Chujin was lost and confused about the future. In the end, under the arrangement of her mother, Xie, she married the fourth son of the Suochuoluo family of the Plain White Banner. Due to various reasons, the wedding was delayed.
Having worked as a palace maid, Xu Chujin was very good at serving people, so she took good care of her husband and in-laws.
In addition, Xu Chujin gave birth to seven sons and one daughter.
Of the granddaughters, one was chosen as the consort of a prince, while the rest married into good families.
2. Xu Chaojin
Xu Chaojin was the second daughter of the legitimate wife and worked in the flower room of the palace.
In the thirteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, under the guidance of Consort Xu Lejin, a green rose was cultivated, which caught the eye of Prince Gong. Subsequently, the second branch of the Xu family was granted a surname and elevated to the Manchu banner system because Xu Lejin gave birth to triplets, a boy and a girl.
Xu Chaojin was released from the palace and allowed to marry at her own discretion.
However, it was only when Xu Chaojin cultivated the green roses that his fate with Prince Gong was sealed.
Emperor Kangxi personally issued an edict, betrothing Xu Chaojin to Prince Gong as his secondary consort.
Xu Chaojin entered Prince Gong's mansion and first gave birth to four daughters before finally giving birth to a son. A few years later, because Prince Gong's wife, Lady Magiya, passed away, his secondary wife, Lady Borjigit, was promoted to the position of principal wife, and Xu Chaojin was also granted the title of Doro Prince's wife.
However, since she would continue to live in Prince Gong's Mansion, she was still referred to as Consort Xu in Beijing.
3. Xu Yujin
Xu Yujin was the fourth daughter of the Xie family, and the ninth among the daughters of the second branch of the Xu family. In the previous years, she, like Xu Chujin and Xu Chaojin, were selected to enter the palace as maids.
In the fourteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the seventeen-year-old Xu Yujin was released from the palace.
At seventeen, a time of blossoming beauty, Xie, after careful selection, chose the third legitimate son of the Tara family for Xu Yujin. While not of high social standing, he was the eldest son of the legitimate heir.
In addition, Xu Yujin was the youngest daughter-in-law after marriage, so she didn't have to follow the rules in front of her mother-in-law, nor did she have to manage the household like the eldest sister-in-law.
After marrying into the Tatara family, Xu Yujin gave birth to four daughters and three sons, firmly securing her position as the principal wife.
Years later, when the princes in the palace were choosing their consorts, Xu Yujin's eldest granddaughter was selected and became the primary consort of Yin Ni, the youngest son of Emperor Kangxi and Prince Dorocang.
4. Xu Fujin
Xu Fujin entered the palace at the age of twelve through a preliminary selection. After three years in the palace, at the age of fifteen, when she was in the prime of her youth, she was released from the palace and allowed to marry at her own discretion because her older sister, Xu Lejin, had given birth to a prince and two princesses.
Fifteen years old is the perfect age to arrange a marriage.
However, following the advice of her daughter Xu Lejin in the palace, Lady Xie refused the marriage proposal, citing the reason that Xu Fujin should stay for one or two years.
In the fifteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Consort Yu, Xu Lejin, became pregnant again. In the same year, Xu Fujin was betrothed to Quan Bao, the eldest son of Prince Xianyi.
Because of Consort Yu, Xu Lejin, in the palace, Quan Bao, despite being a son of a concubine and having no merit whatsoever, was granted the title of Prince of Gushan.
After that, Quan Bao was not promoted to a higher rank again, but compared to his other half-brothers, he was already doing very well. Therefore, Quan Bao respected and loved his legal wife, Xu Fujin.
Xu Fujin had four sons and one daughter, but then she had no more children. At the same time, Xu Fujin took the initiative to arrange for Quan Bao to take a concubine and managed the affairs of the Beizi Mansion well. She was quite well-known for her virtue among the Beizi Mansion members of the same rank.
5. Xu Lijin
In the thirteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Xu Lijin, heeding the advice of his elder sister in the palace, intended to publicly claim illness and temporarily avoid the imperial concubine selection process. However...
At that time, because Xu Lejin had fallen out of favor and was confined to her quarters, the brothers Xu Fu and Xu Lu forced Xu Lijin to be selected as a palace maid.
Left with no other choice, Xu Lijin had to disfigure himself.
More than half a year later, the second branch of the Xu family was elevated to a Manchu banner and granted a new surname. Xu Lijin was shocked, feeling that her seventh sister in the palace was incredibly resourceful, and at the same time, she was also amazed by the emperor's favor towards her seventh sister.
In the sixteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Xu Lejin was granted the title of Consort Yu, which boosted the status of the second branch of the Xu family.
Also in that year, after discussions between Emperor Kangxi and the Empress Dowager, Xu Lijin was bestowed upon Prince Gong as a secondary consort, and entered Prince Gong's residence in February of the following year.
Although she disfigured herself to avoid Xiaoxuan back then, the scars are no longer visible after years of treatment, and can be covered by her bangs.
Therefore, Xu Lijin entered Prince Gong's mansion and was greatly favored by Prince Gong. Three months later, she became pregnant.
After ten months of pregnancy, Xu Lijin gave birth to her eldest daughter. Less than three months after her postpartum confinement, she became pregnant again and gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, thus securing her position as a secondary consort.
A few years later, she gave birth to another son.
Although she did not have as many children as her sisters, Xu Lijin secured her position as a secondary consort with two sons and two daughters. Later, because the eldest son of the primary consort, Lady Shangjia, died young, Xu Lijin's son inherited the title of Prince Gong.
6. Xu Manjin
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