Although Chu Ying is full, but he has no prominent birth height, his father is only the fourth grade, belongs to the yellow flag. She didn't have the chance to live in the palace when she was alive. She died of illness two months before her husband ascended the throne. This fate is really close. But for Qianlong, she was a person who could not be ignored, someone who would remember her forever.
was selected in the early years of Yongzheng, and Chu Ying was rewarded by the emperor to Hongli as a concubine. She was also the first woman to give birth to an heir to Hongli. In the 6th year after entering the mansion, she gave birth to Hongli's eldest son Yonghuang, making the 17-year-old Honglichu a father. In ancient times, it was said that a mother is more expensive than her son, not to mention that the first time she gave birth to a son, her status in the palace should naturally become noble. But perhaps she is not of high birth. Although she gave birth to her husband's first child, her status in life has not changed. A few years later, Chu Ying gave birth to another daughter for Hongli, but the second child was not an adult and died in the year he was born. For her, she only hopes that her son and husband will get better, so that her life will have a better turn. But this woman's life was not good, she had survived her husband's enthronement within two months, but her body did not resist.
I want to say that Qianlong’s gentleness came a little too late. It was not until the second year after he became the throne that he remembered that he named Chu Ying his concubine. Eight years later, because he remembered that he had given birth to the eldest son of the emperor, he continued to seal him, this time he was directly named the imperial concubine. Although he died young and did not receive any honors during his lifetime, but fortunately, he was sealed twice after his death, which is rare in the entire Qing Dynasty.
can make Qianlong remember her many years after her death, mainly because she gave birth to the emperor's first son. If there was no such reason, perhaps her death would have been submerged in Qianlong's memory long ago, which is hard to remember. Compared with other imperial concubines, her background is humble and the record is simple. Although she was promoted to imperial concubine after death, there are few historical records about her, and there is no record of her birth year.
However, based on the time she entered the mansion and the poems made by Qianlong in his later years, she should be slightly older than Qianlong. It should be her luck to meet Qianlong in the cardamom years. But it was a pity that he didn't wait until the day he was awarded the title. In the life of
the imperial concubine, there were both loss and pride. Although this pride was only obtained after her death, it was also difficult for many concubines to obtain. In Qianlong's Yuling, there were five concubines who were buried. Among these five, there was the imperial concubine Zhemian, and she was the only one who died before Qianlong took the throne.
The first two are the most important, namely the pure empress Xiaoxian and the birth mother of Emperor Jiaqing. The other three imperial concubines are the imperial concubine of Zhemin, the imperial concubine of Shujia and the imperial concubine of Huixian. Everyone knows that Qianlong lived a long life and had many wives and concubines. These early wives failed to accompany him to the end. Therefore, the women who can win the funeral honor are difficult for Qianlong to give up and have an irreplaceable position in his heart. Although the imperial concubine
was only Gege during her lifetime, she was sealed twice after her death, and she could be buried with the emperor. This was regarded as making up for the honor she had not received during her lifetime. In order to wait for this honor, her coffin was first placed in Jing'anzhuang for 17 years, and then buried in Yuling, where she waited for Qianlong for 46 years.
Reference丨"Queen Xiaoxian's Mausoleum Wine" "Manuscript of Qing History"
