northernbook Chapter 493 Qianlong's Succession 3
Chapter 493 Qianlong's Succession 3
So, she fell into someone else's dream?
Xueli sat on the bed, feeling a little confused. She hadn't even met the target of the mission, but he was getting to know her in this way...
Xue Li was still in deep thought, stroking her chin, when the little palace maid who was keeping watch beside the bed came over.
"Empress, it's still early, but would you like some water?"
"Hmm!" Xueli responded softly, "What time is it now?"
The little palace maid brought the teacup and said, "Madam, it is the beginning of the Mao hour now. You can sleep a little longer."
"Yeah!" Xue Li drank the water and lay down again.
She didn't meet Nara, but Nara's glorious life took a sharp turn for the worse in the past two years, which became Nara's nightmare.
She is too proud.
Or maybe her life was just too smooth.
The original owner was Emperor Qianlong's successor, Huifa Nala Jingtan.
She was born on the tenth day of the second month in the fifty-seventh year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1718).
She was 7 years younger than Emperor Qianlong and 6 years younger than Empress Fucha. She was the youngest among all the people in the palace.
Her family background, if judged from the perspective of social status alone, is not very impressive.
His grandfather served as deputy governor-general, and his uncle served as lieutenant-general of the imperial guards. Although they were considered high-ranking officials, they were still inferior to the ministers, governors-general, etc.
You should know that Nara had been in Prince Bao’s mansion for only nine months when Yongzheng passed away and Prince Bao Hongli ascended the throne.
One month after ascending the throne, Qianlong issued an imperial decree to confer the title of Empress Xian on Nara.
The Manchu word "娴" means "elehun", which means tranquil and peaceful.
That year, Nara was eighteen years old.
This favoritism invariably irritated the eyes of several elderly people.
Otherwise, why had she never gotten pregnant after entering the palace for more than ten years?
You know, during this period, the old people in Qianlong's palace gave birth frequently.
The original owner was of marriageable age, but had no children.
But judging from the palace archives of Qianlong's early years, Qianlong was still very good to her.
On the 23rd day of the first lunar month in the tenth year of Qianlong's reign, Concubine Gao fell ill.
Emperor Qianlong issued an imperial decree to confer the title of Imperial Noble Consort upon Consort Gao.
Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun were named Imperial Concubines, Concubine Yu was named Concubine Yu, and Noble Concubine Wei was named Concubine Ling.
Two days later, the Imperial Noble Consort died of illness and was posthumously named Huixian.
In February of the same year, Qianlong raised the ceremonial standards for the newly promoted Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun.
The fact that the original owner was able to surpass all the concubines with sons and be promoted to a noble concubine shows that she was very honored and favored at that time.
In terms of family background, the descendants of Huifa Kingdom have long since declined.
When it comes to having children, she has never been happy.
In terms of seniority, how many old people are there in the Qiandi?
The promotion of concubines in the Qing Dynasty was mostly based on their seniority, offspring, and family background.
Moreover, before Qianlong, there was no example of two imperial concubines being conferred the title at the same time.
Concubine Chun, who was promoted together with the original owner, was the biological mother of the two princes. She was pregnant for the third time when she was canonized and had a rich experience.
She was the last one to enter the Qiandi Palace and had no children. Except for Gao, who was the first to be conferred the title, she was the youngest among all the imperial concubines of Emperor Qianlong.
Even later, when Empress Xiaoxian passed away, the mourning period lasted for a full 100 days.
Qianlong officially issued an edict to appoint a Royal Noble Consort in charge of the six palaces and announced the candidate for the Queen.
Qianlong, who had always been keen to emulate his grandfather Kangxi, did not follow the etiquette of conferring the title of Imperial Noble Consort on Kangxi's Empress Xiaoyi Ren.
Instead, he followed the example of his great-grandfather Shunzhi's ceremony of conferring the title of Dong Efei:
【In the 13th year of Shunzhi in the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Noble Consort was canonized. The Emperor Zhang, the Emperor's great-grandfather, ordered the envoy to issue an edict to the whole country the next day. This is a very respectful and solemn ceremony. Now we should follow the previous rules and canonize the Imperial Noble Consort Xian, Nara, as the Imperial Noble Consort. She will be in charge of the affairs of the six palaces.】
The title of "Imperial Noble Consort in Charge of the Six Palaces" was also first created by Emperor Qianlong for Nara.
Generally speaking, the Imperial Noble Consort in Charge of Six Palaces is lower in rank than the Empress but higher than the ordinary Imperial Noble Consort. She has many privileges exclusive to the Empress, and it will be clearly stated in the edict that she is in charge of the six palaces.
There were only two imperial concubines in the Qing Dynasty who took charge of the six palaces, namely Emperor Qianlong's second empress, Huifa Nara, and Emperor Daoguang's third empress, Empress Xiaoquancheng, Niuhuru.
This was also the reason why the emperor and empress later parted ways.
The original body was alive and well, and Qianlong wanted to promote Concubine Ling to the rank of Imperial Noble Concubine.
With Concubine Ling's determination to climb up the ladder by any means necessary, what role does she, the queen, have?
In the first month of the fifteenth year of Qianlong's reign, according to the "Records of Regular Meals during Festivals", there was still half a year left in the mourning period, and the original owner was already called the Queen in the internal archives.
The saying that Empress Fucha was Qianlong's true love is also intriguing.
Her illness did not prevent Emperor Qianlong from conferring titles on his concubines and visiting beautiful ladies.
Of course, it would be better to say that Qianlong had no heart, or that the emperor had no heart at all.
Since her original body was not abolished but was deposed, wasn't Concubine Ling also quickly promoted to Imperial Concubine?
However, Qianlong also said that he would not appoint another queen after the death of the original queen.
Or a bit of sincerity.
Perhaps the deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.
Maybe it's very contradictory.
The original works of group portraits such as "Xin Xie Zhi Ping" were also carefully deleted and revised.
There is her name, but no trace of her portrait.
It was as if he wanted to erase her from his life, but at the same time he didn't want her to have anything to do with him at all.
Xue Li integrated the memories of her original body and roughly understood what she was unwilling to accept.
It's not that he regrets affecting the family's decline, nor is it that he regrets that in the end he has no tablet, no sacrifices, no posthumous title, and no records.
She didn't care, she just felt guilty towards her son.
When you are in prosperity, you will be depressed because you are thinking about your children who died young.
The low point brought Yongji a tragic death at a young age...
Xueli turned over and fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up, it was already bright daylight.
After integrating the memories of the original body, it was now the 1765th day of the leap month of February in the th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign ().
In the past few days, the sound of stringed instruments could be heard every day in front.
Xue Li did not sew clothing pouches for Qianlong like the original owner did.
Instead, after dinner, he helped the little palace maid out for a walk.
Jiangnan has beautiful scenery...
Xue Li sat in the pavilion and had a bird's eye view of the surrounding scenery.
The soul swept away!
"Those lowly servants got on His Majesty's dragon boat again?" a beautiful lady with a gorgeous face and graceful figure asked in a stern voice.
"Yes, Master!"
Following the little palace maid's timid answer, the woman angrily threw the jade pendant in her hand.
"Master, if you don't want to, why do you open the door so easily?" The nanny behind the woman looked puzzled.
"Oh, do you think I am willing? Those court officials who claim to be scholars and writers serving the country and the people are constantly offering women to me for wealth and glory. I can stop them once or twice, but can I stop them all the time? I am not the fool that the queen is. When has the emperor ever listened to her advice?"
The woman's smile was ironic, forming a great contrast with her pretty face.
"Yes, I heard that His Majesty is angry with her again. My master is more favored by the Emperor." The nanny smiled apologetically with a respectful look on her face.
"I just understand people's hearts better! I entered the palace and experienced ups and downs for five years before I won the emperor's favor. I only understood the truth after being wounded all over. How can I compare with that idiot?"
The woman seemed to be thinking of the past, her eyes filled with disgust and utilitarianism.
"Besides, the emperor will be happy too, right? Our emperor loves the country and the beauties. However, those lowly people can never enter the Forbidden City. Why should I give them the advantage? I can't do anything to the people behind them, but I can keep them away from the emperor."