Xie was born into a scholarly family. It is said that his ancestors were the Xie family of Chenliu, one of the four most famous families during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, namely the Xie family of Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao.
The swallows that once graced the mansions of the wealthy and powerful now nest in the homes of ordinary people.
The changing dynasties and the transformation of powerful families led to the familial loss of many once-powerful clans, with very few managing to maintain their lineage.
Although the Xie family has preserved the Xie family genealogy, it has declined generation after generation. In Xie's generation, there is only one daughter, Xie.
From a very young age, Xie showed exceptional business acumen.
Later, when Xie got married, because she was an only daughter, half of the Xie family's property was given to Xie as her dowry, while the other half was left to Xie's relatives.
The marriage of Xie was arranged by her parents and a matchmaker.
To be honest, Xie didn't have deep feelings for her husband Xu Fu; it was only because of the deeply ingrained teachings she received from her aristocratic family since childhood.
Therefore, even though Xie had no feelings for Xu Fu, she still chose to live with him, bear him children, and manage the household affairs.
When Xie first married Xu Fu, they enjoyed a few years of blissful marriage, during which she gave birth to her first daughter, Xu Chujin, and her second daughter, Xu Chaojin. Later, perhaps Xu Fu's true nature was revealed, or perhaps it was because Xie had given birth to two daughters...
Xu Fu began taking concubines and acting recklessly.
Xie did not react much to this, because she had never had high hopes for Xu Fu as her husband in the first place. She married Xu Fu simply so that, after marriage, she could legitimately manage the businesses she owned.
Of course, Xie would never use the money in her possession to cover the Xu family's losses.
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At most, Xie would secretly prepare special meals for herself and her daughters to nourish their bodies.
Days passed by, and Xie's daughters grew to be eleven or twelve years old. Although she was reluctant to let her daughters enter the palace as maids, Xie knew she couldn't stop them.
Therefore, Lady Xie prepared silver for her daughters who entered the palace as maids and taught them to keep a low profile in the palace, not to stand out, and not to dream of climbing the social ladder.
Therefore, although Xie's several biological daughters were no longer pampered after being sent to the palace as maids, they all lived healthily until the winter of the twelfth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign.
A sudden turn of events shocked Xie like a thunderbolt.
Despite all her calculations, Xie never imagined that her third daughter, five years after entering the palace, would unexpectedly gain the Emperor's favor and be made a concubine.
Furthermore, what Xie did not expect was that three months later, her daughter became pregnant and then gave birth to triplets, a boy and two princesses, auspicious signs of good fortune.
Despite Xie's constant, trembling prayers, an imperial edict arrived from the palace: the second branch of the Xu family was elevated to a higher status and given a new name; Xie herself was also granted the title of Fourth-Rank Lady Gong.
Before they could even process this news, news came from the palace that their third daughter had been granted the title of Consort Yu, becoming a principal consort.
Afterwards, to Xie's bewilderment, the Xu family underwent a dramatic transformation. Most of the daughters married into good families, and Xie herself was promoted to the rank of Third-Rank Lady, Second-Rank Lady of Imperial Decree, and First-Rank Lady of Imperial Decree.
The third daughter in the palace gradually rose to become Consort Yu, then Imperial Noble Consort, and finally Empress, the mother of the nation.
My grandson and granddaughter were found to have a predestined connection to the immortals and went to the heavens to cultivate immortal arts.
In the eighteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Xie, who was over forty-four years old, became pregnant again and gave birth to her youngest son after ten months of pregnancy.
Everything happened so suddenly that Xie was caught off guard and had no choice but to accept it.
Throughout her life, Madam Xie had two sons and eight daughters. She also had an adopted son, who, though not her biological son, was considered more than a son to her than a biological one; he was born to her husband's concubine, Consort Xiao.
With two sons and eight daughters, plus an adopted son, all the daughters have married their ideal husbands, and the family is large and happy.
The three sons, the eldest sons Xu Huaizhen and Xu Huainian, followed the Xie family's arrangements step by step, studying for the imperial examinations, marrying wives and entering officialdom, serving as officials in a proper and orderly manner, eventually rising to the positions of Minister of State Affairs and Minister of Rites.
Xu Huaizhen, the biological son, had no daughters in his life, only nine sons. His grandsons married their wives and had great-grandsons, and his family prospered.
His adopted son, Xu Huainian, had six sons and four daughters. The first six children were born to his legal wife.
As for the youngest son, Xu Huaiming,
In the end, Xie could only sigh that everything is fate and nothing is up to us.
Perhaps it was fate that the youngest son would have to make a living under the protection of his two older brothers. Madam Xie had once hoped that her youngest son could follow in his brothers' footsteps, passing the imperial examinations and entering officialdom.
Even when Xu Huaizhen achieved the third-highest rank in the imperial examination, the Xie family still dreamed of having two members achieve this.
After all, no one knows a son better than his mother. The younger son is very intelligent, and if he focuses on his studies, he will definitely be no less capable than his elder son.
But despite all her calculations, Xie hadn't anticipated that her youngest son wasn't interested in studying or becoming an official; instead, he preferred business and tinkering with gadgets.
Even worse, the youngest son couldn't resist the temptation and was seduced by a restless maid, resulting in the birth of a concubine's eldest daughter.
In the end, Xie had no choice but to marry her youngest son to a woman from a family of low social standing, surnamed Sakda.
Yonghe 9th year
Nearly seventy years old, Mrs. Xie held her great-grandson in her arms. With her white hair and frail appearance, she had reached the end of her life. Lying on her bed, her cloudy eyes looked at her son, daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter, and great-grandsons.
Looking back on my life, I was pampered and spoiled by my parents when I was young, but after marriage, I was unlucky in love and my marriage was not smooth. However, I am happy in my later years.
His son and daughter-in-law are filial, and his grandchildren love him dearly.
She not only gave birth to an empress daughter and two princes' concubines in her lifetime, but also raised two princes' wives. Although the children did not bear the surname Xie, they still carried the blood of the Xie family.
Now that my life is coming to an end, I can finally go and see the parents who cherished and protected me when I was a child!
With her eyes peacefully closed, Xie's soul left her body and was taken to the underworld by ghost messengers. On the Naihe Bridge in the underworld, Xie saw her third daughter in her youth, who later became the Empress Dowager in the palace.
It was only at this point that Madam Xie learned that her daughter had passed away in the winter of the twelfth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, and that the Empress Dowager in the palace was a person from hundreds of years later.
While shocked, Xie was also filled with emotion.
If it weren't for the Empress Dowager, her children might not have been able to marry well, become good wives and mothers, and she herself wouldn't have been granted the title of First-Rank Imperial Lady.
The Xu family would not have been elevated to a higher status or granted a new surname, nor would they have enjoyed their current glory.
Everything the Xu family, the Xu Mu'er family, later possessed was given to them by the Empress Dowager in the palace...
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