Disliked by her mother-in-law and not favored by her husband, "The ugliest" queen in the Qing Dynasty , How miserable was Longyu's life? Why did the whole country fly flags at half-mast in mourning for this queen who only had 167 words recorded in the history books after her death? So what exactly did she do? , can it gain the respect of people across the country?
Longyu is from the Yehenala family. She has a nice name called Jingfen, and a very festive nickname Xizi. She is the niece of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and her father is Guixiang, the vice-capital commander, so she Her status is quite noble, but her life is not as dazzling as her birth. In the fourteenth year of Guangxu (1888), Xizi participated in the draft and was appointed by Empress Dowager Cixi as Emperor Guangxu Queen. Cixi is controlled by one person, Emperor Guangxu has no rights at all. (This article was originally written by Tongshijian. Welcome to pay attention and help you learn together!) However, Cixi was afraid that Guangxu would be out of control in the future, so he planned to let himself His niece Xizi became the queen so that he could monitor the emperor's every move in the future. But Emperor Guangxu didn't like this queen at all and didn't even want to get close to her. Why?
Emperor Guangxu's biological mother Yehenara Wanzhen was the biological sister of the Empress Dowager Cixi. One was Cixi's nephew, and the other was Cixi's niece. So in terms of blood, Guangxu and Xizi were cousins. They grew up playing together, and the elder Xizi took great care of Guangxu. However, Guangxu never thought that his cousin would become his wife, so this was difficult for Guangxu to accept. However, due to the wishes of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Guangxu could only I was able to bite the bullet and accept it. On the wedding night between the two of them, Emperor Guangxu felt so wronged that he suddenly threw himself into his cousin's arms and cried loudly, saying, "Cousin, I will always respect you, but I can only call you cousin in this life." , and precisely because of this, the married life of Emperor Guangxu and his cousin was not satisfactory.
In many film and television dramas, Longyu is sometimes portrayed as beautiful, but the real Longyu in history, the beauty of this queen is indeed a bit far from beauty. In the book of Missionary Hedlund, he wrote: " Longyu The queen is a bit hunchbacked, skinny, has a long face, sallow complexion, and most of her teeth are cavities. "You can't find such an ugly person in the entire city of Beijing, but the emperor of a country has to choose Emperor Guangxu was so embarrassed that such an ugly woman became a queen.
Moreover, Longyu was already 21 years old when she entered the palace, so she was considered an older leftover girl. However, Zhenfei Jinfei, who entered the palace at the same time, were only about 15 years old. In terms of age, Longyu was far behind them. , everyone has a love for beauty, so for the 18-year-old Emperor Guangxu, he preferred the young and beautiful Concubine Zhen to the unattractive Queen. Over time, Longyu, who stayed alone in the empty room, was very jealous of this, so She often went to the Empress Dowager Cixi to complain, which made Emperor Guangxu even more disgusted with her. (This article was originally written by Tongshijian. Welcome to pay attention and help you gain knowledge together!) Furthermore, Longyu herself was weak in character. Not only did Emperor Guangxu dislike her, but even her aunt Cixi didn't like her very much. When Longyu was ignored by Guangxu at first, Cixi She would also try to persuade Guangxu, but as time went by, Cixi believed that this niece was not only incapable of flattering, but also had no ability, no good-looking body, and no interesting soul. If she could attract men, then she would be a fool. Therefore, he is very cold towards his niece.
However, she never thought that Longyu's miserable and unfortunate life was all caused by herself. She did not get the love of her husband, nor the care of her mother-in-law. Even the favored concubine looked down on her. Longyu's life It can be said to be very unfortunate, and she is such a failed queen? But she won the respect of the whole country. After her death, the whole country lowered its flags at half-mast to mourn her. Why on earth was this?
After suffering in the position of queen for many years, her husband Guangxu and mother-in-law Cixi both passed away. Longyu also ushered in his coming day and became the last empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty , but it only lasted for 3 years. In the second year of Xuantong (1911), after the regent Zaifeng resigned, Longyu became the first head of the Qing Dynasty. However, without the ability and skill of her aunt Cixi, she soon reached a desperate situation. People all over the country asked Xuantong to abdicate. The voices became louder and louder, and she had no choice but to convene an emergency meeting. Under the deception of Yuan Shikai, Empress Dowager Longyu had no choice but to issue an abdication edict. At the meeting, she burst into tears in front of all the ministers: "What we discussed It is not only a matter of the royal family, but also the safety of the world. I am an incompetent woman. I only pray for peace for the people of the world."
After this, Longyu, who was already depressed, became worse and worse, and died of illness the next year at the age of 46. Years old, after her death, Yuan Shikai ordered the country's flags to be flown at half-mast for three days in mourning. He even called her "Yao and Shun among women". Looking back on Longyu's life, she was not welcomed during her lifetime and was extremely honored after her death. For this empress dowager, I feel sympathy for her unfortunate first half of her life, but objectively speaking, she followed the trend of history and did things that were beneficial to the people and the country, and she deserves admiration.
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